Gender

Girls Not Brides Bangladesh has demanded a specific allocation in the National budget to prevent child marriage as well as increase the social security of girls and adolescents. Platforms of 29 international, national, and grassroots organizations...

Throughout the memorable moment when women and young people around the world are on the frontlines of both the COVID-19 response and global protests for racial justice, Women Deliver, a US-based development agency welcomes 300 young...

Tehandjila Quessale’s heart sank every time her mother sent her to fetch water for their crops, up in the mountains of Angola’s southern Huila region. The 16-year-old had to leave school early and walk three hours...

Grameenphone has celebrated International Women’s Day 2020 to emphasize on the significance of gender diversity by highlighting a diverse organization is a better performing organization and supported the cause #EachforEqual at GPHouse and all business circles...

With a mission to ensure gender parity and women empowerment, Samsung Bangladesh has observed International Women’s Day on March 8. Samsung raises awareness amongst its women customers by following the theme of ‘I am Generation Equality:...

MetLife, Inc. announced that it has become the first U.S.-based insurance company to sign the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles, a series of commitments created by U.N. Women and the U.N. Global Compact to promote gender...

Celebrating women’s success is a key part of International Women’s day 2020. Globally this day has been celebrated on 8th March since the early 1900’s when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding voting rights,...

SDC-Shomoshti Project of CARE Bangladesh organized an event, namely, Private Sector Meet on February 26, 2019 in Dhaka. Shomoshti project is supporting its private sector partners to implement pro-poor business models through applying market for the...

Around 1 in 4 girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), or 52 million FGM survivors worldwide, were cut by health personnel, according to a new analysis by UNICEF. This proportion is twice...

Demonstrators smashed windows, spray-painted monuments and clashed with riot police Monday on Mexico City’s main avenue to protest Mexican authorities’ failure to stop a spiral of violence against women. Thousands of women took to the streets...