Gender

SERAC 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 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,...

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...