The Women’s Affairs Reforms Commission has proposed a series of comprehensive reforms to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women embedded in the country’s laws, constitution, policies, and institutions.
Female leadership hasn’t dismantled patriarchy or ensured women’s rights.
International Women’s Day has its roots in political struggles for gender equality, yet its original essence has been diluted over time.
There is an increasing pushback on women’s rights and gender equality globally.
Explore the challenges women face in agriculture and the urgent need for equal opportunities.
Gender equality is not only important at an individual level, but also critical for any country's social and economic development.
On World Toilet Day 2024, it is imperative that both the government and private actors unify to create environments that support dignity, health, and productivity for all women in Bangladesh.
Jabeur, the 2022 Madrid champion, took a swipe at tournament organisers, telling reporters she believes tennis still has a way to go to achieve gender equality, despite it being the leader in women's sport.
Not all men are equal under the patriarchy.
More than 40 percent people in Bangladesh consider physical abuse to be the only form of violence against women, according to a Brac study.
Progress towards gender parity at work has barely budged for the past quarter century, and will only speed up once men take on far more unpaid caregiving tasks, the UN says, on the eve of International Women's Day.
Each morning at 6am, across from the American Embassy in Dhaka, hundreds of day labourers wait in hopes of finding an employer. Garments, domestic, and hospitality workers walk on either side of the street toward factories, homes, and hotels.
Today is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate how far we have come in our journey towards gender equality. It is also an opportunity to take stock of how much more we need to do for a Planet 50-50 by 2030, where no woman or girl will suffer from gender-based discrimination and violence—a commitment that we made when UN Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2016.
Quite some time has passed since these milestones in the long struggle for women's rights were achieved. Where do we stand today?
The United States is going to honour 14 women across the world, including barrister Sara Hossain, for their exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Gender equality is way off in the creative arts, believes Shaela Sharmin, an eminent painter and theatre personality in the port city.
Women who opt to work in garment factories, instead of working as a domestic help or getting married, are often viewed as women of “loose character.” In fact, this is the case for all working women, be it RMG workers, or journalists, photographers or field researchers.
Making the women stand all day in pollution and sun among rough traffic and rough men in the roads doesn't sound like gender equality.
At the end of this month, thousands of representatives from all over the world will gather in New York. They will witness the launch of the most ambitious universal effort since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
