Girls Get Equal Freedom in Public Spaces: Safer Cities Campaign 2021
The Daily Star and Plan International Bangladesh jointly organised an online roundtable meeting titled “Involving Adolescent Girls in Decision Making to Ensure Safer Cities”, as part of the Girls Get Equal … Read More »
On Menarche: Average age of first menstruation and how parents should handle it
If you have a daughter, inevitably, she will come to you at some point, breaking that her menstrual cycle has started. It’s unlikely that she will call it a ‘menstrual cycle’ … Read More »
Menstrual health care: It’s time to break the taboo and talk about it
Stigma, taboos and myths prevent adolescent girls from the opportunity to learn about menstruation and develop healthy habits The theme of this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28th May 2021 was – “More action … Read More »
“Investment and action is necessary for menstrual hygiene and health”
On the occasion of International Menstrual Hygiene Day, an online discussion titled ‘Women’s Health and Social Thought’ was jointly organized by Sahasi Kanya and Duranta Foundation on Friday morning. Ananya 18 … Read More »
Shaathi Foundation: Promoting eco-friendly Menstrual Hygiene
In August 2020 barrister Mifrah Zahir founded Shaathi Foundation to empower young women and girls by providing clean, safe, and locally produced reusable fabric pads. Designed especially for underprivileged women who … Read More »
69 pc victims of online sexual harassments perpetrated by close ones
The report was prepared by analyzing some 154 crime reports collected from national and regional newspapers from January to December, last year. Some 69.48% of the victims of sexual harassment through … Read More »
April saw 18 murders, 37 rapes amid ‘lockdown’ in Dhaka alone
Police yet to unearth the motives behind most of these crimes Amid the ongoing restrictions on public movement or so-called lockdown, imposed to curb Covid-19 transmission, Dhaka city alone saw at … Read More »
Right to informed consent in childbirth
A 2019 research paper titled “Assessing informed consent practices during normal vaginal delivery and immediate postpartum care in tertiary-level hospitals of Bangladesh,” (hereinafter, the research paper) divulged the absence of informed … Read More »
Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights
The Daily Star and NETZ in partnership with WE CAN and DASCOH Foundation organised an online discussion titled “Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights” on April 24, 2021. The … Read More »
Webinar on preventing sexual harassment organized by ACTIONISTS
In observance of ‘Sexual Harassment Awareness Month’, ACTIONISTS organised its 17th episode of the “Dialogue for Action” series on April 29, 2021. The topic of the webinar was “Prevention of Sexual … Read More »