83pc women face abuse from public transport staff: study
Road safety group recommends formation of gender-responsible guideline for the sector Stating that 83 percent women face abuse from public transport staff on the streets, Road Safety Foundation yesterday called for … Read More »
Bagerhat MATS removes four staffers from campus over sexual harassment
In the face of students’ protest, principal says further action will be taken after investigation The authorities of Bagerhat Medical Assistants’ Training School (MATS) have removed four staffers from campus after students … Read More »
Time to change our anti-Hijra bias
You see them every day. Clad in sarees or some other cheap, gaudy outfits, walking in groups along busy thoroughfares, in less affluent neighbourhoods, and marketplaces. And you expect them to … Read More »
Demand for adding a new chapter on transgenders in textbooks
The government has recently given recognition to them, Aminul Islam said Transgender people, the most deprived group of people in the society, have demanded to add a chapter in textbooks about … Read More »
Three arrested over gang-rape of teen
Police arrested three youths on charge of raping a 16-year-old girl from a local arbitration organised by a union parishad chairman on Tuesday night in Patiya upazila of Chattogram. The incident … Read More »
Have we kept the promise of reproductive rights?
Twenty-five years ago, in 1994, representatives of 179 countries, along with civil society organisations and many other actors, came together in Cairo at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), … Read More »
Story of a sex worker, accepting the indelible past
Due to the extremely traumatic experience and frustration with her life, Lucky finally fled home at a tender age of 12, back in 2002. She was just in her late 20s, … Read More »
Women, newborns stay on floor as beds scanty
Many of the treatment seekers at Patuakhali General Hospital’s gynaecology department have to stay on the floor as the 36-bed ward is too inadequate to accommodate the rising number of patients. … Read More »
Abused abroad, humiliated at home
Tortured female migrants again face intimidation during arbitration on return; remain silent due to social stigma On their return from the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, abused female migrant … Read More »
Sexual, reproductive health rights of people with disabilities neglected
Before the SRHR needs of people with disabilities can be addressed they need to be included in the plan, the speakers added The sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of people … Read More »