Bank Asia PLC on Tuesday organized a daylong awareness programme on 鈥楪ender Equality and Prevention of Sexual Harassment鈥� at the Bank Asia Institute for Training and Development, Lalmatia in the capital, said a press release...
A STORM of violence against women is sweeping, quietly engulfing lives and breaking families. Every day, women face threats not only on the roads but also within their houses, the very places that should offer them safety. From brutal assaults and domestic abuse to cyber harassment and emotional torture, the patterns of violence are deepening, yet society remains...
The president of a major Texas university is stepping down on Friday after being accused of tolerating 鈥榯ransgender indoctrination鈥� at the public school.
BANGLADESH has made notable strides in health and development over the past decades, with declining poverty, improved access to services, and rising life expectancy. Yet nutritional indicators remain alarmingly poor. The country records one of the highest rates of low birthweight globally at 28 per cent, while anaemia affects nearly 29 per cent of women...
THE decision to cancel the studentship of a gender minority student of a private university raises concern about the exclusionary academic environment and the integrity of the administration. More than a hundred citizens in a statement on August 16 expressed concern and termed the expulsion of Sahara Chowdhury, a transwoman in the Metropolitan University...
A total of 162 citizens, including academics, activists, journalists, and artists, on Saturday issued a joint statement condemning the recent expulsion of a transgender student named Sahara Chowdhury from a private university...
BANGLADESH is at the forefront of climate chaos. From scorching heatwaves to unrelenting floods, environmental stresses are remaking the nation鈥檚 social and economic fabric. Women, particularly poor and rural women, bear the brunt. But they are seldom viewed as the heart of climate leadership. In a world heating faster than expected, an equitable climate future...
IN RECENT decades, Bangladesh has made significant progress in promoting gender equality in areas such as education, health and employment. However, when it comes to politics 鈥� the sphere that defines who makes decisions and sets the direction of public life 鈥� women remain vastly underrepresented. While the country has been led by women prime ministers...
A workshop titled 鈥楪ender policy and prevention of sexual harassment, abuse, and violence鈥� was organised by Nari Unnayan Shakti, a women-led NGO, in Nachol upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday...
SEXUAL and reproductive health and rights lie at the foundation of bodily freedom, gender justice and fair development. They are not limited to medical access but stretch into the right to decide 鈥� freely and safely 鈥� about one鈥檚 body, one鈥檚 relationships and one鈥檚 future. For Bangladesh, which has made remarkable socio-economic progress in recent decades, ensuring...
FIVE incidents rape that took place in four days since June 13 in Rajbari, Habiganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj lay bare the pervasive threat that girls and young women face. Two schoolgirls were abducted and raped at Pangsha in Rajpari in the morning on June 15. One of the accused was arrested. Two cases were filed. The driver of a bus and his assistant raped a young...
Bangladesh has once again emerged as the frontrunner in gender equality in South Asia, ranking 24th globally with a gender parity score of 77.5 per cent, in the World Economic Forum鈥檚 Global Gender Gap Index 2025...
An allocation of Tk聽2,60,767 crore has been proposed for the gender-relevant budget and Tk聽5,078 crore for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the financial year 2025鈥�2026, both marking a decrease from the FY 2024-25...
A HIGH allocation for women in the budget and the stringent oversight of the allocation can ensure a proper use of the budget funds meant for spending on women to attend to gender inequality. In the light of such a proposition, participants in a pre-budget dialogue, 鈥楢dvancing gender-responsive budgeting FFD4 Outcome鈥� that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs...
Improving monitoring of the allocations under the gender responsive budget, a tool used for addressing gender inequality, is needed to ensure proper utilisation of budgetary funds meant for women, discussants said at a pre-budget dialogue on Monday...
Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football from June 1, England's governing Football Association announced Thursday.
POLICE legitimacy, the public鈥檚 confidence in law enforcement鈥檚 authority to act in the community鈥檚 best interest, is essential for building trust, fostering cooperation, and encouraging voluntary compliance with the law. It shapes citizens鈥� willingness to report crimes, support policing efforts, and uphold societal order. Rooted in procedural justice 鈥� transparency...
CLIMATE justice is more than just reducing carbon emissions or promoting clean energy. It is about recognising how climate change affects different communities in unequal ways. It demands fair solutions that consider the needs of those who suffer the most. Among them, women 鈥� especially in low-income and marginalised communities 鈥� are facing the harshest...
Speakers at a webinar today said that in order to eliminate gender disparity, it is imperative to focus particularly on boosting women鈥檚 participation in the economic sector...
Women leaders at an event on Saturday shared their leadership journeys, highlighted the challenges they have faced, and urged all stakeholders to work together to eliminate gender inequalities...
The National Park Service has scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the website of a monument to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a foundational moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, igniting protests in New York City on Friday.
US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.
A local leader of the transgender community in Rangamati was allegedly stabbed to death at her house of Betbunia union under Kawkhali in the district on Monday evening.
Academics, activists and international relations experts at a discussion in Dhaka on Sunday demanded pragmatic measures to stop gender-based violence in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh...
WOMEN鈥橲 rights activists and media scholars consider developing a gender-sensitive reporting strategy and an effective system to monitor journalistic practices in print, broadcast and digital media as a priority agenda for media sector reforms. They have expressed their concern at a roundtable discussion on gender-sensitive reporting and said that the...
Gender rights activists and media researchers at a workshop on Saturday stressed the importance of concerted efforts by both the government and media institutions to allocate resources for gender-sensitive reporting and inclusive editorial policies.
THE year 2024 will forever be etched in Bangladesh鈥檚 political history. It marks the fall of an autocratic regime, the victory of the people, and a significant shift in the country鈥檚 political landscape. However, despite this monumental political achievement, the progress in addressing gender-based violence and achieving equality for women remains...
Bangladesh Open University is committed to establishing non-discrimination, safety and equal rights in education for third-gender students, said the university vice-chancellor, ABM Obaidul Islam, on Thursday...
Rights activists and other speakers at a meeting on Thursday called for enactment of a law to prevent sexual harassment and gender-based violence...
Women suffer to get essential healthcare services from existing facilities due to lack of gender sensitiveness, said women rights activists at a discussion on Tuesday...
