Female Labourers Get Half the Wage
Female labourers at a brick field in Lalmonirhat does the same amount of work for the same amount of time as male workers at the field, but they get half of … Read More »
Financial Independence with the help of Embroidery
Khursheda Begul Khushi was only 16 when she had to drop out of school to get married. Her husband was a trader who couldn’t bear the expenses of the household and … Read More »
Early Marriage linked to Cervical Cancer
According to Prof Dr Sabera Khatun, Chairman, Gynecological Oncology Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), if three methods- vaccination at the age of 9-14, public awareness and screening for the … Read More »
Stakeholders meet to discuss Child Marriage
Share-Net Bangladesh organised a roundtable meeting at The Daily Star office where stakeholders, researchers and practitioners came together for exchange and discussion of their projects, learnings, challenges and overcoming those challenges. … Read More »
Schoolgirls Go Door to Door to End Child Marriage
A group of girls from class VIII to X in the remote area of Char Sindurna on the Teesta in Hatibandha upazila, called Teesta Shishu Dal have been going from door … Read More »
Migrants Return Home Traumatised
Being a labour intensive country, labours from Bangladesh go to different parts of the world like Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to work for better pay. However, on December 10, at … Read More »
Health Concern for RMG Workers
The garments sector has a huge contribution to Bangladesh’s economy. According to BGMEA data, 80% of RMG workers are females. Under a project piloted by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, the health sector … Read More »
National Event on ‘Early Married Girls’
‘Image PLUS’ organised a national event on December 11, 2018, focussing on ‘Early Married Girls’ in the capital’s Spectra Convention Hall as part of the ‘16 days of activism’ campaign. ‘Image … Read More »
5 receive Begum Rokeya Padak 2018
December 9 is observed as Begum Rokeya Day in honour of Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain, one of the first female figures in Bengal who fought for women’s rights. This year marks Begum … Read More »
Replace punishment with counselling in schools
It is unfortunate that mental health issues among adolescents are not taken seriously until the adolescents are driven to take extreme steps like suicide. The death of Aritry Adhikary, a 9th … Read More »