The declaration recommits member states to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls.

Quick fixes will do little to prevent gender-based crimes

Our misogynistic attitude towards women is so normalised that it moves seamlessly across political parties, economic classes, and generational divides.

Women in Bangladesh are three times more likely to be physically abused and over 14 times more likely to suffer sexual violence from their husbands than from others, according to a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey on violence against women.

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.

Why is it taking so long to implement High Court directive to stop sexual harassment?

The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society

There are a litany of issues that make the lives of ordinary citizens difficult.

To say that Roe v Wade does not affect us is untrue. It jeopardises women's right to choose all over the world.

Media has a responsibility to stop sensationalising stories about women and focus on the wider inequalities that affect them.

Why do we never question the psychological impact on children stuck between two parents in an unhappy marriage?

Police recover the body of a college girl from a paddy field in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira.