Gang rape and murder of an eighth grader deeply disturbing

In May 2022, a young woman, who lives in Dhaka city, was verbally and physically assaulted at a train station in Narsingdi while waiting for a Dhaka-bound train.

Women in the tea gardens suffer from a host of reproductive and health issues, which remain unaddressed.

Workplace sexual harassment is common in Bangladesh. It inhibits  women from entering the labour market and is also a major reason why they drop out of work.

The need for corroborative or medical evidence to prove rape (and therefore these two rules) violates the global standards set by the UN and the WHO.

Bhawaiya, produced and reproduced by both men and women, bears the elements of subverting Bengali gender norms.

Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face

A doctor was sent to jail yesterday, allegedly for sexually harassing a patient in his chamber in Sylhet’s Bianibazar.

Women facing sexual harassment at work often do not lodge complaints due to fear of losing jobs and being stigmatised, speakers told a roundtable.