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Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since their return to power in 2021, the Taliban...

Supradip Chakma, the affairs adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), encouraged the women of the area to become creative businesswomen in order to become self-sufficient today. “To become good entrepreneur, you have to be innovative by...

In order to equip its female employees for leadership roles, BRAC Bank has started a program for their professional and personal development. “To prepare our female co-workers to take on new challenges and higher responsibilities, a...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) declared on Wednesday that beginning of the next year, women’s minimum starting salary in domestic cricket will match those of males. Beginning with the 2025 season, eight counties will...

Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has dreamed of traveling to the Moon and has spent a large portion of her childhood staring up at the stars, much like her predecessors did. She graduated from NASA’s training program...

For a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized the importance of increasing the number of women and girls in science. “We must have the right policies and institutions for young women...

According to Iranian official media, Pakistan launched a missile attack on Iran’s southeast border region on Thursday, killing at least three women and four children. “Pakistan attacked an Iranian border village with missiles,” state television said,...

In an effort to better study and support adaptation to the effects of heat stress on women and girls throughout Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started a new project. ADB will...

The BBC has unveiled its 2023 list of 100 powerful and inspirational women worldwide. This year, this list includes Bangladeshi social youth icon Jannatul Ferdous Ivy. Having survived an accident that burnt 60% of her body,...

On October 30, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Department of Women Affairs (DWA) jointly hosted a dissemination workshop on learnings from a digital financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment study produced by...