women in Bangladesh

Pink tax: The cost of being a woman

The fight against breast cancer isn't just about awareness, it's also about equity.

Over 99 percent of Bangladeshis hold at least one bias against women

What are the costs and consequences of such biases?

Stealing the applause and appreciation

What could be the psyche behind this ugly practice of stealing the limelight despite having no intellectual, technical, moral or effective input in any of the 23 goals that our girls scored in Kathmandu?

Why our women footballers’ victory is so significant

Our national women’s football team’s victory surely gives us all, especially the women, an extraordinary level of confidence.

SAFF champions' treatment shows how we devalue women

To be seen, to simply exist and take up space – on sporting fields, in courts of justice, on buses and in public office – shouldn’t have to be a revolutionary act.

'Women hold up half the sky'

Women in Bangladesh have made their mark in multiple fields, from the farms to the peak of the Himalayas, from the sports arena to high-tech jobs, from the handicrafts industry to the Gono Bhaban.

October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023

Pink tax: The cost of being a woman

The fight against breast cancer isn't just about awareness, it's also about equity.

September 19, 2023
September 19, 2023

Over 99 percent of Bangladeshis hold at least one bias against women

What are the costs and consequences of such biases?

October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022

Stealing the applause and appreciation

What could be the psyche behind this ugly practice of stealing the limelight despite having no intellectual, technical, moral or effective input in any of the 23 goals that our girls scored in Kathmandu?

September 28, 2022
September 28, 2022

Why our women footballers’ victory is so significant

Our national women’s football team’s victory surely gives us all, especially the women, an extraordinary level of confidence.

September 25, 2022
September 25, 2022

SAFF champions' treatment shows how we devalue women

To be seen, to simply exist and take up space – on sporting fields, in courts of justice, on buses and in public office – shouldn’t have to be a revolutionary act.

March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019

'Women hold up half the sky'

Women in Bangladesh have made their mark in multiple fields, from the farms to the peak of the Himalayas, from the sports arena to high-tech jobs, from the handicrafts industry to the Gono Bhaban.