Speakers at a workshop here yesterday said 119 women fell victim of acid violence and 419 were raped during the last 10 months across the country. They said violence against women had risen due to lack of proper initiative against this vice and also awareness among the people in the country. Human Rights Organisation ‘Odhikar’ [...]

  “one is really surprised by the presence of atypical and non-traditional women in dramas and ads and the print media. I will argue towards the end of the book that it can be said about the print and electronic media that when the image of the woman is concerned they are integral and flowing [...]

Higher education and equal participation in economic and political activities are essential for Asian women to get past the class and gender barriers, speakers yesterday said. They called for vigorous efforts on the part of governments and international organisations to pave the way for women to access the opportunities. They were speaking at the inaugural [...]

WHEN I first heard of the Asian University for Women, I immediately identified with its mission and dream. I had seen too many bright young women in Phnom Penh complain about the low quality of their education, and seen too many girls in rural areas drop out of high school because they didn’t see opportunities [...]

Asian University for Women (AUW) will host a two-day international symposium on ‘Overcoming history: Rethinking rights and opportunities for women in Asia’ on October 17 in Dhaka, says a press release. Co-sponsored by John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, the symposium is part of the university’s inaugural event that will culminate with a programme [...]

“I want to be a prime minister. I came to this university because its vision is to prepare world leaders and one day I hope to be the prime minister of my country.” One Endear, a 20-year Cambodian girl who has enrolled in the Asian University for Women (AUW), said these words confidently yesterday as [...]

Latifa Begum looked confident with a seemingly ever-lasting smile on her face when she was frisking well-dressed and beauty-conscious women with an intelligent electronic device at the entrance to a plush beauty salon in the capital. The invariant smile bears the testimony to the professionalism of the 32-year-old security guard who was abandoned by her [...]

Every year, 1.6 million children under the age of five die lacking access to clean water while 110,000 children of the same age bracket fade out in Bangladesh from water borne diseases, reports BSS. According to official health statistics, 65 million under-five children are affected by water-borne diseases because of lack of sanitation. The UN [...]

Bangladesh is already the most densely populated country in the world with its total area of 55,598 square miles (143,999 kilometres). In this small landmass of 55,598 square miles its population is now about 150 million people. In 1971, only 75 million people lived in the same landmass. The population has doubled in the last [...]

 The 12th Delta Life Women’s Handball Competition, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin on November 8 in the city, reports UNB. The teams, yet to register their names with the Federation, have been asked to do so by November 5 paying an entry fee of Tk 500.

Experts at a programme Wednesday reiterated the need of a massive awareness campaign across the country to prevent breast cancer, said a press release. They said apart from women, men can also fall victim to breast cancer, adding that early detection may eliminate death risk in many cases. National Sports Council (NSC) and ‘sanofi-aventis’ Bangladesh, [...]

Speakers at a day-long workshop here Sunday called for making the womenfolk politically empowered in the greater interest of enhancing their self-confidence, which would ultimately contribute to the efforts for further progress and prosperity in the country. They said there is no alternative to making the women self- dependent to carry forward the nation’s hopes [...]

SOME months ago, recommendations came to the government from a conference on ensuring the birth certificates of bridegrooms and brides during the marriage registration. The suggested minimum age of marriage as proposed for men is 23 and brides must be 18 years of age. Earlier, a similar conference was organized by two more NGOs. The [...]

Speakers at a roundtable in the city Tuesday stressed the need for better access of women SMEs (small and medium entrepreneurs) to finance to create more job opportunities at the grassroots level and thus reduce poverty in the society. At the same time, the meeting underscored the need for development of skills and proper training [...]

Pyali Shah, 40, had met her husband on the Internet. Both hailed from Karnataka and both had been previously married. It seemed a perfect match until Pyali arrived in Australia and began experiencing relentless mental and physical abuse. “My husband, a widower with two children, just wanted a baby-sitter. He would lock me up and [...]