The country’s eight export processing zones (EPZs) have enough women labour force, but the authorities there have failed to create entrepreneurs and high level jobs for them. According to Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), very few women entrepreneurs have been found in the EPZs situated in Dhaka, Chittagong, Mongla, Ishwardi, Comilla, Narayanganj, Nilphamari and [...]

MUNNU Begum, in her mid-30s, wants her children to achieve what she herself could not. Munnu’s eyes fill with tears of joy when she sees her kids going to school every morning with school bags on their shoulders. “Education is very important. I couldn’t have it. Had I been able to continue my education, things [...]

THE other day while going through the New DOHS, Mahakhali, I saw a young lady smoking on the road. I see women doing it everyday at IBA, Dhaka University. I also found ladies to be more perfect than men. But I wonder, why do these women smoke? I think, I have an explanation. In most [...]

Progress in political representation of women in the country has improved in terms of quantity, but there are still challenges to maintain the trend, said speakers at a dialogue on Tuesday. They said quality women representation is yet to be ensured as they hardly get their voices heard and get proper places at work because [...]

Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajot Friday staged a demonstration against the attempt to change the Hindu family law at Muktangon in the city, said a press release. They also declared for holding a grand rally of the organization in this context in October this year. Speakers said Hindus are living peacefully under the existing Hindu family [...]

The government’s decision to reduce women’s quota for primary school teachers cannot be supported. When we speak of women’s empowerment, do we really mean it? A visit to educational institutes, will show women’s posts are lying vacant. Why is it so? As primary school teachers, WOMEN, we think, are more efficient than men. So, there [...]

The women and children affairs ministry opened the National Trauma Counselling Centre at the Department of Women Affairs building yesterday to provide counselling to women victims of violence. The centre was launched under a joint venture project titled ‘Multi-sectoral Programme on Violence against Women’ undertaken by the Bangladesh government and the Danish government. Speakers at [...]

Viquarunnissa School and College clinched the title of the 12th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Competition with a 9-5 win over Siddeshwari Girl’s College in the final at the Dhammondi Women’s Sports Complex ground yesterday. The champions faced a tough challenge from the opponents in the first half, which was locked at 2-2, but they [...]

A survey conducted by Data Management Aid (DMA) of Police Reform Programme (PRP) yesterday revealed that none of the women feels secure under the custody of general police stations, while 59 percent women feel secured under the custody of model police stations. DMA disclosed this at a findings dissemination session of Public Attitude Follow-up Survey [...]

The 6th “Dosti-Women Entrepreneurs Trade Expo-2009” (Wetex) will begin on Monday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city to promote and assist the women entrepreneurs. Pakistan High Commission will organise the six-day exhibition, a high commission release said. Around 100 women entrepreneurs from around the region mainly from Bangladesh are expected to participate in [...]

Women, a dominating labour force, are missing out on healthcare, sanitation, child day-care and maternity provisions in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), said leading women entrepreneurs and rights activists yesterday. Women take up 65 percent of the labour force in SEZs. They were speaking at a roundtable on “Gender in SEZs” organised by Bangladesh Investment Climate [...]

Demand for Bangladeshi women workers abroad in nursing, house management and garment sectors is increasing by the day. Over 20,843 Bangladeshi women immigrants are now working abroad, according to statistics provided at a training programme on household work management organised by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) at its office in Dhaka. The training manual prepared [...]

Female now account for half of all people infected by HIV in developing countries. Female condom which can make to prevent both HIV transmission and unwanted pregnancy is failed to get sufficient attention of policy makers and women users in Bangladesh due to leadership, awareness and price of condom at large. Female condoms should be [...]

A “National Dialogue on the Rights of Women with Disabilities” was held at the Dhaka Press Club VIP Lounge in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20 August 2009 between 10.00 am to 01.00 pm. The conference was well attended, with over 120 participants, from a wide range of  backgrounds— individuals living with disabilities and their families, political [...]