Experts: Target rural women to deepen financial inclusion
The issue of rural women and insolvent people’s low access to finance should be addressed so that financial inclusion can be ensured for all, experts suggested yesterday. “Whatever responsibilities we have … Read More »
Why can’t we protect the most vulnerable?
We might commonly perceive cyber-security as a high-profile issue concerning governments and large corporations. The average teenage Internet user, however, is the easiest target for cyber-crimes, especially in Bangladesh, where topics of … Read More »
Girl Stops Attending School
A tenth grader female student Kanihati High School in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar stopped attending her classes a week ago, following sexual harassment and threat allegedly by a member of the … Read More »
Trafficked into Nightmares
Transnational trafficking gangs allegedly backed by some ruling party men have long been using different border points of Jashore to traffic women and children to India. Their local agents also get … Read More »
Has Sexual Violence Become Part of Our Culture?
Will women in our country ever be safe? Afghanistan, a recent BBC investigation reveals, has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment at the highest levels of government. A woman shares … Read More »
Women Travellers Get Their Harasser Arrested
On 11th July, the picture of a man wearing a blue t-shirt and black sunglass went viral in some of the largest travel groups on Facebook. According the caption, the man … Read More »
Religious, Social Taboo stand in the way of Mensrual Health Management
The speakers also stressed the need for rest facilities for adolescent schoolgirls who are menstruating, and called for the promotion of menstrual health education at madrasas Social and religious taboos centring … Read More »
Its On Us to End Rape Culture
The truth is, we, as a society, have failed: we haven’t found a solution to the pervasive rape culture in Bangladesh—over 630 women have been raped in the last 6 months … Read More »
Family Planning: Where do we stand today?
It is estimated that family planning could prevent one in every three maternal deaths and one in 11 child deaths by allowing women to delay motherhood and space their births, avoid … Read More »
Finding Cause Behind Rise of Rapes
Incidents of violence against women, particularly rape, have gone up significantly in the recent months compared to those in the previous year, according to a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. Around … Read More »