Gender

A meeting on the topic of “Safety of Women in Public Place” and an exchange of views among youth organizers was organized in Barisal to promote awareness about the prevention of violence against women and sexual...

Daraz Bangladesh has celebrated the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 by organizing employee engagement programs on 8 March 2022, across all the Daraz offices in the country. Daraz Bangladesh highlighted the core message of this year’s...

Energypac has celebrated International Women’s Day through a virtual platform. Prominent Nazrul Sangeet Singer Shaheen Samad was present on the occasion as a special guest whereas Prof. Shikha Rahman daughter of Engr. Khaleda Shahriar Kabir Dora,...

Helen McLaughlin says she was suffering so much that she would burn herself with a hot bottle “just because that was a nicer pain than the one that I was in”. But when her medical scans...

The British Council scholarships for women in STEM are back for a second year. The scholarships will support over 100 women from around the world in continuing their STEM studies at a UK university. The British...

Last week, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas shocked their fans by announcing that they’d had a baby through surrogacy. All it took for detractors to accuse the 39-year-old Indian actress of “outsourcing” childbirth was this. While...

Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Kamrul Hasan said `a bright future is possible only with proper knowledge of reproductive health, menstrual health management and women’s rights. This work will play an important on the reproductive health of adolescents...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities say women seeking to travel long distances should not be allowed on road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance issued on Sunday by the Ministry...

During a visit to Washington on Monday, Malala Yousafzai, a human rights activist who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012, urged for increased US support for Afghan girls and women. “Afghanistan is currently the...

Walt Disney has elected a woman to become its chairman for the first time in the entertainment giant’s 98-year history. Susan Arnold, who has been a Disney board member for 14 years, will succeed Bob Iger...