Gender
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Child marriage on the rise in Horn of Africa as drought crisis intensifies
Jul 14, 2022Girls as young as twelve are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought in forty years pushes families to the... -
14 awardee women on Women’s Day for women rights’ contribution
Mar 13, 2022SERAC Bangladesh has celebrated International Women’s Day 2022 with the slogan, “Gender Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, collaboration with IPAS Bangladesh under the Improving SRHR in Dhaka project, Where the hard-working women of the selected... -
Shakila of Youthnet awarded Nirbhaya Award for Sustainable Future of Women
Mar 13, 2022Shakila Islam, Youthnet’s co-founder and national coordinator, has received the Nirbhaya Award for her commitment to women’s long-term sustainability in the face of climate change. Shakila’s family was affected by Super Cyclone Sidr in Bakerganj, Barisal,... -
Youth campaign to ensure safety of women in Barisal
Mar 13, 2022A 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 celebrates the spirit of woman empowerment
Mar 10, 2022Daraz 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 celebrated International Women’s Day through virtual platform
Mar 10, 2022Energypac 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,... -
‘Probably just hormones’: Women’s illnesses going undiagnosed
Mar 10, 2022Helen 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 continue to support women in STEM
Mar 2, 2022The 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... -
Priyanka and Nick’s outsourcing childbirth controversy spotlights surrogacy stigma!
Jan 29, 2022Last 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... -
Program Sharing and Stakeholder Engagement Meeting of OLHF Project held in Chattogram
Dec 29, 2021Chittagong 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...
