Effective protection of domestic child workers: implementation awaits
Incessantly, every few months we come across news reports of abuse of domestic workers in Bangladesh, especially related to children. Over the years, few of these incidents have come under the … Read More »
Cash incentive on loans for women-owned SMEs
Bangladesh Bank yesterday declared a cash incentive on dedicated small and medium enterprise (SME) loan programmes for female entrepreneurs. Both the loan disbursing bank and female entrepreneur will avail 1% incentive … Read More »
Motherhood: a choice, not an obligation
The year 2021 is ringing with change but women claiming bodily autonomy is not one we are prepared for yet. The liberal (read: atypical) belief of “your body, your choice” is … Read More »
‘Project Oporajita’ provides proper menstruation tools in northern regions
Cholo Swpno Chui (CSC), a youth-led social organisation founded by Muhtasim Abshad Zisan, supports orphans and people with physical disabilities, through their different projects. Recently, the organisation started a campaign, ‘Project … Read More »
Six game-changing actions to End Violence Against Children: Policy Proposals and Leader’s Statement
To #ENDviolence against children, over multiple months, experts from across the End Violence community worked together to develop a prioritized list of policy proposals, informed by evidence and research. “These six policy … Read More »
How the Tokyo Olympics Became the Most Gender-Equal Games in History
The highly anticipated Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will see more changes than just COVID-19 restrictions when the international event kicks off on Friday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken several steps … Read More »
Amazon will investigate gender bias claims in its cloud division
Amazon has hired a law firm to investigate claims of widespread gender discrimination in part of its cloud computing division, the company said in an email to employees late last week. … Read More »
Stop Cyberbullying Day: Sadat Rahman’s fight against cybercrimes
Every year, the third Friday of June marks Stop Cyberbullying Day. Coordinated by The Cybersmile Foundation, this day is observed by generating awareness about cyber security. Since the past few years, … Read More »
Kangaroo Mother Care: Learning from nature to sustain
Annually approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely worldwide. More than one million of them die shortly after birth and many suffer from various physical, neurological, or intellectual disabilities afterwards. In … Read More »
Young changemaker striving against gender discrimination
Anika Subah Ahmad Upoma is one of the nineteen changemakers from Bangladesh who received this year’s Diana Award. She founded Evolution360, an organisation that promotes the Sustainable Development Goal of gender … Read More »