women's rights
To combat gender-based violence, do away with systemic bias
Gender inequality and violence as the outcome of a society are symptomatic of the ethos that shape policies, family structures and opportunities for men and women.
7 December 2023, 02:00 AM
Are feminists asking for 'too much'?
Just because things could always be worse doesn’t mean that the current issues are not worth fighting for.
27 September 2023, 02:00 AM
Investigate sexual violence against RMG workers
Reports of GBV, harassment in factories can no longer be ignored
26 August 2023, 05:00 AM
Women’s revolution
The theocracy is crumbling in its seat
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
300 years needed to reach full gender equality
UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.
7 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Why every woman must ask for more
Every Women’s Day, I suffer from this ambivalent feeling of euphoria and despair.
7 March 2023, 04:00 AM
HC ruling acknowledges mothers as legal guardian
In a historic verdict, the High Court of Bangladesh has ruled that a mother can now be the sole legal guardian of her children. On 24 January 2023, the HC delivered the verdict on a writ petition saying all citizens have the right to get an education and job under the constitution. It will be sufficient if students mention their mothers' names when filling out a student information form (SIF) for examinations, and they cannot be forced to mention their father's names against their will. The High Court ruled saying that forms with the name of the student's mother or any legal guardian instead of the father must be accepted.
25 January 2023, 10:39 AM
Jacinda Ardern's resignation and the state of global misogyny today
The gendered response to the resignation is the latest reminder of the tough ride ahead for women in an increasingly pressured world.
24 January 2023, 08:30 AM
How did Bangladeshi women fare in 2022?
Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face
29 December 2022, 20:05 PM
CCTV on buses but a drop in the ocean
Scale up such initiatives for a safe city for women
27 December 2022, 11:28 AM
Yet another assault on Afghan women
Taliban’s ban on women’s higher education will further harm the country
21 December 2022, 12:03 PM
Toward Ladyland: On the life and work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.
8 December 2022, 00:00 AM
Stop secret child marriages
There is no alternative to awareness and effective intervention to stop the culture of child marriage
5 October 2022, 04:11 AM
Kamla Bhasin believed in the power of love, not the love of power
Remembering feminist activist, writer and poet Kamla Bhasin on her one-year death anniversary.
24 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Restricted abortion rights in the US will affect us all
To say that Roe v Wade does not affect us is untrue. It jeopardises women's right to choose all over the world.
20 August 2022, 16:00 PM
The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple
How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?
18 August 2022, 16:12 PM
Roe v Wade: The (Questionable) March of Progress in the US
People tend to believe in progress. As the decades advance, we become more civilised. We expand important freedoms, like voting rights. Except that time and time again, some events prove otherwise.
2 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Narsingdi station incident: Woman who initiated attack on girl detained
Rab detained Shila Akhter alias Saima, who allegedly initiated the scuffle and assaulted a woman at Narsingdi Railway Station recently over her clothes.
30 May 2022, 06:36 AM
‘Women's right to make decisions is paramount'
Cooperation between Bangladesh and the Netherlands in different sectors goes back over half a century. This year, the
8 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Women must create their own fate: PM
Emphasising that women must create their own fate and personal destiny, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said women can do all outside works maintaining decency as the religion Islam gives them that liberty.
9 December 2015, 11:51 AM