international womens day

Sabila Nur to reinvent herself with ‘Bidisha’

She has taken on the role of a struggling yet resilient young woman in a new telefiction titled “Bidisha”.

'Stand up and fight': Albanian women footballers break taboos

The sporting world has slowly come around, including its football scene, where rowdy crowds and occasional scuffles at men's games are not uncommon

13 books written by women, about women, for Women's History Month

Each book in this list features strong, fearless, bold, multi-faceted, creative, inspiring, vulnerable, witty, and most importantly, real women from all walks of life.

Plan International Bangladesh hosts Youth Talk 1.0 honouring International Women's Day

The theme for 2019's International Women's Day campaign is 'Balance for Better', encouraging more balanced and equitable

Positive discrimination can ensure gender balance

Professor Dr. Shahnaz Huda has been teaching law at the University of Dhaka since 1989, specialising in personal and comparative

Imagining a women-friendly city

While science fiction novels have moved on to imagining lunar cities where people travel on hoverboards, Bangladeshi women can still barely imagine a place where half of its population isn't constantly discriminated against. No one here dreams of hoverboards—they just want good buses they can get on without being groped or having their wallets stolen.

Women deserve equal respect

Confidence and self esteem are vital for women to have equal respect, leading women professionals said yesterday during a roundtable discussion on the eve of International Women's Day.

March 1, 2024
March 1, 2024

Sabila Nur to reinvent herself with ‘Bidisha’

She has taken on the role of a struggling yet resilient young woman in a new telefiction titled “Bidisha”.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

'Stand up and fight': Albanian women footballers break taboos

The sporting world has slowly come around, including its football scene, where rowdy crowds and occasional scuffles at men's games are not uncommon

March 10, 2022
March 10, 2022

13 books written by women, about women, for Women's History Month

Each book in this list features strong, fearless, bold, multi-faceted, creative, inspiring, vulnerable, witty, and most importantly, real women from all walks of life.

March 15, 2019
March 15, 2019

Plan International Bangladesh hosts Youth Talk 1.0 honouring International Women's Day

The theme for 2019's International Women's Day campaign is 'Balance for Better', encouraging more balanced and equitable

March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019

Positive discrimination can ensure gender balance

Professor Dr. Shahnaz Huda has been teaching law at the University of Dhaka since 1989, specialising in personal and comparative

March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019

Imagining a women-friendly city

While science fiction novels have moved on to imagining lunar cities where people travel on hoverboards, Bangladeshi women can still barely imagine a place where half of its population isn't constantly discriminated against. No one here dreams of hoverboards—they just want good buses they can get on without being groped or having their wallets stolen.

March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016

Women deserve equal respect

Confidence and self esteem are vital for women to have equal respect, leading women professionals said yesterday during a roundtable discussion on the eve of International Women's Day.