Farah Kabir

Women in leadership and decision-making roles are essential for ensuring gender justice and equality.

The court does not specify how reparations in case of litigations should meet the distinct needs of women and marginalised communities.

Gender justice and Loss and Damage are both at a tipping point.

Cultural pluralism is becoming increasingly relevant in Bangladesh.

Poverty in Bangladesh remains high, with climate change and inflation deepening hardships.

Climate change disproportionately affects women and many migrate to cities.

We need to ensure an intersectional approach to climate action.

No one is safe until all can participate and enjoy their entitlements.

It is believed that education, in the midst of global advances and challenges, remains the critical vehicle of empowerment.

Following the Rana Plaza tragedy, a global movement arose, demanding accountability, justice, and systemic change for garment workers

Feminist approaches offer significant opportunities for driving positive change.

Although the proposal for the Loss and Damage Fund was adopted at COP27, the declaration to operationalise it came at COP28.

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

Youth are the driving force of change

The country has an unprecedented upsurge of young people in its demography.

Even after 31 years of advocacy, lobbying and dialogues, no dedicated finance has yet been delivered under the UNFCCC.

BRIDGE Foundation works for the skill development of people with disabilities. The Co-founder, Swarna Moye Sarker, is one of the 22 Bangladeshi changemakers who have been selected for the Acumen Fellowship in 2021. She has completed her bachelor’s and master’s from Dhaka City College.

Afruza Tanzi is one of the 19 Bangladeshi recipients of the 2021 Diana Award. She was born and brought up in Sylhet, where she attended Bluebird School and College. Tanzi came to Dhaka in 2017 to complete her Bachelor’s in Biotechnology at BRAC University, where she is now a final year student.

Why not make money out of your hard earned education by dispensing it? Tutoring is a lucrative option for students to earn on a monthly basis. Currently, a single tutoring job can ensure BDT 5,000 to 30,000 per month, depending upon the seeker’s academic background, subjects, and place of residence.

Prominent artist Manan Morshed’s dual solo exhibition, “Shut out of Site”, is currently taking place at Dwip Gallery in Lalmatia and the British High Commission Residence Project Space in Baridhara.