Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to help the government implement National Women Development Policy for the welfare of women.

Women are being empowered through education and economic activities, yet the pace at which it is happening remains slow, says a study.

Local knowledge and the participation of women should be focused in any development and climate adaptation programme as women are more affected by climate change impacts and traditional methods fit for changing situations, experts said yesterday.

Today in Bangladesh, more women than ever have greater equality in legislative areas, local government bodies and in economic activities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for empowering women and making them economically independent so that they thrive in the global economy.

Empowerment of women lies in granting them equal status in society. This was the premise on which the two-day Gender Fair was inaugurated by Meher Afroz Chumki, chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on ministry of women and children’s affair.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday said the government should implement the newly formulated National Women Development Policy for empowering women.

Globally women find recognition and acknowledgement of their entity, status and individuality through the ‘International Women’s Day’ on 8 March. On the day, nations, communities and different international, regional and national bodies express their solidarity with renewed enthusiasm to uphold the case and cause for women’s rights in every aspect.

A new forum, Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT), started its journey yesterday with a mission to empower women with technology and help develop careers in IT.

US President Barack Obama urged Americans yesterday to keep fighting for women’s equality, despite progress made in this area over recent decades.

Princess Anne of Britain has appreciated BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s role in women empowerment, particularly her role in progressing women education in Bangladesh, reports UNB.

Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair and a leading human rights activist, yesterday said she was impressed by the efforts of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh, which she found has contributed to empowering women who otherwise would have no future.

When the country’s billions dollar remittance generating manpower export industry is in trouble by the fast shrinking overseas job markets, Bangladeshi female workers have started tightening grip. Taking advantage of ever-growing demand for residential care-givers and maids in Middle-East and European countries, quick-to-adopt Bangladeshi female workers have managed to gain 20 per cent growth in [...]

The stakeholders working to prevent violence against women must revise their terms of reference and strengthen coordination to get better result, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.

Despite many international agreements affirming their human rights, women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate. They usually have less access than men to medical care, property ownership, credit, training and employment. They are far less likely than men to be politically active and far more likely to be victims [...]