gender gap

Economic output may expand 29% if more women employed: WB

Bangladesh could increase its output in the manufacturing, service and farming sectors by up to 29 percent simply by bringing more women into the workforce, according to the World Bank.

Beneath the headlines: Readings from a citizens’ perceptions survey

In this write-up, I want to go beneath the headline, offer a snapshot of the average mood of the nation.

Women still lag in mobile ownership, internet adoption

Women in Bangladesh are lagging behind men in both mobile ownership and mobile internet adoption, with gender gaps of 20 percent and 40 percent respectively, representing a significant disparity in digital access, according to a global report.

Gender gap in MFS widens from 3% to 16% in five years

The gap broadened to 16.06 percentage points in December last year from 3.25 percentage points in the same month in 2019, according to the data.

Technology can help close the gender gap in Bangladesh

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.

‘Remove gender-gap in electoral roll’

Speakers at a roundtable urge the Election Commission to remove the differences between men and women voters as the numbers of female voters are 26 percent less than the male voters.

October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024

Economic output may expand 29% if more women employed: WB

Bangladesh could increase its output in the manufacturing, service and farming sectors by up to 29 percent simply by bringing more women into the workforce, according to the World Bank.

September 29, 2024
September 29, 2024

Beneath the headlines: Readings from a citizens’ perceptions survey

In this write-up, I want to go beneath the headline, offer a snapshot of the average mood of the nation.

May 19, 2024
May 19, 2024

Women still lag in mobile ownership, internet adoption

Women in Bangladesh are lagging behind men in both mobile ownership and mobile internet adoption, with gender gaps of 20 percent and 40 percent respectively, representing a significant disparity in digital access, according to a global report.

March 23, 2024
March 23, 2024

Gender gap in MFS widens from 3% to 16% in five years

The gap broadened to 16.06 percentage points in December last year from 3.25 percentage points in the same month in 2019, according to the data.

September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018

Technology can help close the gender gap in Bangladesh

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.

September 16, 2017
September 16, 2017

‘Remove gender-gap in electoral roll’

Speakers at a roundtable urge the Election Commission to remove the differences between men and women voters as the numbers of female voters are 26 percent less than the male voters.