On this year’s World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women. The latest effort in this direction was a symposium on ‘nutrition in women’ held in New Delhi . Its main aim [...]

The eight-team Women’s Club Cup Cricket tournament begins Saturday at the game’s premier venue Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur with Abahani Limited taking on BKSP in the opening match. President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Lt Gen Sina Ibn Jamali will inaugurate the 35 over-a-side eleven-day meet, organized by women’s wing of BCB.

Munni, the elder daughter of Halima is pregnant. Halima is worried because Munni’s delivery date is nearing. This is for the third time that Munni is becoming a mother. But her last two children were alive for a few days only after their birth. Both the children died of the same disease, tetanus. Because the [...]

The `Ka’ zone matches of the Exim Bank 20th National Women’s Handball Championship will begin today (Thursday) at the Rangpur Stadium, reports UNB. Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi M Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan will inaugurate the zonal phase of the national women’s handball meet in the afternoon. Deputy Commissioner Rangpur M Abdul Ahad will be present on [...]

For over a decade, the terms ‘women’s empowerment’ and ‘gender development’ have been widely brandished.  Government ministries and commissions in the South Asia region proclaim the urgency for women’s development, academic institutions boast of gender units, policy makers voice concerns about the “feminine face” of poverty, trainers master lessons on gender sensitivity and smart kits [...]

Experts at a seminar said social stigma is a strong bar to fighting HIV/AIDS in the country, reports BSS. Describing the AIDS as a deadly disease, they said: “We should change our attitude towards HIV/AIDS infected patients for prevention of the disease.” The Experts made the opinion while speaking at a seminar on “Culture Sensitive [...]