The country’s local sanitary napkin industry has grown fast in the past 15 years, as consumers are increasingly getting locally made products at competitive prices. Industry experts estimate the existing market size of the product at around Tk 25 crore, with around 20 local brands available in the market now. The local brands that currently [...]

In Majhipara village of Chilmari, women have manufactured a fishing net that will save 32 families from the brink of starvation. Even just a few days ago, Amal Das did not believe that his wife Lebubala and her neighbors would be so successful in fighting poverty. The small village of Majhipara is located in Chilmari [...]

Household activities by women should be recognised and its economic values should be calculated to acknowledge their contribution to the national economy, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday. The discussion was organised by Work for Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust at its office in the city to share the findings of a study conducted on [...]

WORLD Tourism Day will be observed on September 27 with the theme “Tourism opens doors for women,” to celebrate women’s achievements in the tourism sector and encourage continuous action in support of the UN’s Millennium Development Goal 3 “Promoting Gender Equality and Women Empowerment.” This year’s host country is Sri Lanka, an active UNWTO member [...]

In Bangladesh, 12,000 women die needlessly every year as a result of the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. We have the knowledge and technology to prevent most of these deaths. Progress has been made in reducing maternal deaths in Bangladesh, but it needs to be faster and it needs to benefit more poor people. 2007 [...]

Microcredit operation that helped to bring changes in the socio-economic life of the people in Bangladesh can be a good example to the rest of the world in setting mechanisms to fight poverty, said chief of Norwegian Nobel Committee Friday. Professor Ole Danbolt Mjos said this after talking to a large number of women borrowers [...]

Two Bangladeshi girls born and raised in London agree to allow their parents to choose their husbands for them. The elder, Sahanara, quick-witted, coarse-mannered and the rebel of the family, banished from the family in her teens for being “too Western”, has to swap her pink hot pants for a sari as she goes off [...]

Forming a unified front with simple but yet effective tools, an army of women villagers and housewives is taking the lead in the fight against the global tuberculosis epidemic in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, The New York Times reported on Thursday, April 5. “I am convinced that this largely contributes to the high [...]

At 15 Jolly was preparing for her SSC exams. She never set for the tests. The teenager instead was married off to become a houswife. Although her parents boast of having a rich son-in-law, they have never tried to know whether their daughter is at all happy with a husband double her age. “I feel [...]

In the near future, pregnant women will be able to test for structural, chromosomal ‘and genetic abnormalities in their unborn children through a simple blood test. And this can be done from as early as the first trimester. With more women having their babies at a later age, the chances of having a baby with [...]

Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown. Patients low in vitamin D were 94 percent more likely to see their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely to die [...]

More women’s representation both in print and electronic media is needed to help the country move on towards progress, speakers said at the inaugural session of a seven-day workshop in Dhaka on Sunday. They also urged the country’s media management to create more job opportunities for women in the media as women represent only five-percent [...]

The Rajshahi unit of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association on Monday formed a human chain at Shaheb Bazar in the city demanding proper investigation into the murder of housewife Nurunnahar Runa. The association also demanded punishment for the killers of Runa. Dil Setara Chuni, coordinator of the association’s Rajshahi division unit, lawyer Nasrin Rahman, Sayra [...]

Opportunity for Women in Renewable Energy Technology Use in Bangladesh. This was initiated in 1999 with $175,000 from ESMAP as a project in Char Montaz, a coastal island in Bangladesh, with technical assistance from Prokaushali Sangsad Ltd (PSL). South Asia Partnership, Bangladesh, an NGO provided initial support in social mobilization and micro-credit. The project provided [...]

The garment industry has become the main export sector and a major source of foreign exchange in Bangladesh over the years. It currently exports about $5 billion worth of products each year giving employment to 3 million workers of which 90% are women. It is a discernible fact that it is, in a sense, promoting [...]