Breaking the barriers
Young, talented, dynamic and die-hard proponents of women power, Jesin, Alif, and Mishu represent a new breed of women who are stamping on an old stereotyped template to come out with conviction and flair. Faizul Khan Tanim and Tahmina Shafique get a feel of that ineffable dazzle photos Momena Jalil
Kazi Jesin
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When Abigail Adams realised in the 18th century that she could earn a higher rate of return on the money she and her husband were investing by putting their funds into US government bonds, she had a hard time convincing him she was right. But when their profits soared because of Abigail’s strategy, John Adams, [...]

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Saturday unveiled Women Entrepreneurs’ Directory 2009 and a research-based book and CD on Kasida.
Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad unveiled the directory along with the book and the CD at a ceremony at the DCCI Auditorium in the city.

Women treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a relapse if they have “dense” breasts, say researchers, reports BBC.
Those with denser breasts are four times more likely to see their cancer return, compared to women with less dense breasts, says the journal Cancer.

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has underscored the need for political empowerment of the country’s womenfolk for ensuring their contribution to economic activities for elevating their social dignity.
The PM said this while addressing a function organised by the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs in the city Thursday on the occasion of Begum Rokeya Award [...]

The South Asian Network of Gender Activists and Trainers (SANGAT) recently observed South Asian Women’s Day — its fifth, on 30 November, as designated in 2005 when the network was born in the Indian city of Puri — reiterating the same vows to work together for peace, justice and human rights in the region, centred [...]

Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released Wednesday by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, says a press release.
“Poor women in poor [...]

A large number of Bangladeshi women migrants, who work as domestic helps in the Arab countries, face physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their employers, a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said Tuesday.
“These poor women workers ultimately lose their jobs and are deported, when they are found HIV-positive in mandatory [...]

A lot of women are getting into crime, even serious ones, like carrying our killing missions. They say there are three reasons why thugs recruit women. The first is to hoodwink the law enforcers. They are not in the least hoodwinked as they know most of the criminals and their ’sisters’. But they cannot do [...]

Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun has said the government is contemplating a new law to control domestic violence in the country.
“There are many laws in our country to control violence against women… the need is for their proper implementation,” she told reporters after speaking at the ‘Consultation on Regional Arrangement for Creating South Asia Convention [...]

The State Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, let it be known recently that the government plans to announce its National Women’s Development Policy soon. The revival of the post-Beijing, CEDAW-inspired 1997 policy, for which progressive women activists have been struggling over the past many years, seems most likely. Hopefully, that would [...]

THE link between vanishing coconut groves and shrinking fish catches or the disappearance of rainbow-winged dragonflies and declining harvests may appear tenuous, improbable, even a flight of fantasy. But these are observations from the ground and help us piece together that elemental jigsaw called climate change.
As climate scientists do their maths to defend their positions [...]

HE link between vanishing coconut groves and shrinking fish catches or the disappearance of rainbow-winged dragonflies and declining harvests may appear tenuous, improbable, even a flight of fantasy. But these are observations from the ground and help us piece together that elemental jigsaw called climate change.
As climate scientists do their maths to defend their positions [...]

THE Chittagong based non-governmental organisation PHREB (Promoting Human Rights and Education in Bangladesh) has been running long-term school-based awareness campaigns since their establishment in 2004. The purpose of these campaigns is to educate young people on human rights issues and encourage them to speak out and defend their own human rights. These young people will [...]

I am Noorjehan Murshid and I come from Murshidabad. I was educated at the Victoria Institution in Calcutta and the Universities of Calcutta and Boston. My first job after my graduation from Calcutta was that of Headmistress of a Girls’ High School in Barisal. Before my M.A. results came out, I was appointed Superintendent of [...]