ACCORDING to women's rights organisation, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, 44 women have reportedly been victims of gender-based violence at the hands of law enforcers.

GENDER and Development by Janet Momsen (2009) is an empirical study considering position of women in developing countries.

Professor Dr. Saskia Wieringa of University of Amsterdam speaks to The Daily Star at the International Conference on Gender, Diversity and Development hosted by Dhaka University from March 27-29.

Sara Bahayi is Afghanistan’s first female taxi driver in recent memory, and she is believed to be the only one actively working female driver in the country