The government will provide a special monthly allowance of Tk 350 to the working mothers in the garment industry from next June to help meet their own and ‘infants’ nutritional requirement. The government took the step as it was witnessed that malnutrition seriously affects ready-made garment (RMG) workers, particularly the working mothers. “We’ve decided to [...]

The government will provide maternity allowance to all working women, including female garment workers.

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 women labourers under all the six upazilas of the district are the victims of disparity everywhere. It was learnt from the statement taken from a large number of the women labourers that though they work like the male labourers their wages are almost half of that of the male-labourers.

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.

Since 1962, when American author Rachel Carson alerted the world to the dangers of pesiticide poisoning in her ground-breaking book “Silent Spring”, women have played a vital role in the global environmental movement. In 1988, the World Commission on Environment and Development, headed by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, published its report, “Our Common [...]

Women have come a long way and today they are no less than “super women” juggling well their family and professional lives. But still women folks all over suffer from certain limitations unlike their male counterparts. In earlier days, women used to be quiet and passive in their attitude at their workplace since very few [...]

Participants of a workshop on Tuesday about problem and solutions of small scale women entrepreneurs stressed on execution of women entrepreneur friendly policy by ensuring safety, security and employment facility to develop small scale women entrepreneurship.

Dr Zaman’s work with children with disabilities has brought her recognition worldwide. She firmly believes that given the right support and opportunities, everyone can contribute to society and live a normal life.

Women have been doing noteworthy work as journalists in our country as well as elsewhere during the last decade. But their number in both print and electronic media in our country is less than expected. We need to recognise the challenges and explore the opportunities for women to encourage them.

The government has planned to allocate Tk 300 million in allowance for mothers working in garment factories in the capital, the head of Department of Women Affairs said.

Ill treatment of women has now reached such a stage as to be diabolical. Every day we are faced with reports of rape, physical abuse, acid violence, and, a newer one, stalking. Women under threat are not a new phenomenon as for ages they have been forced to submit to unjust demands, not only by [...]

Working women are likely to enjoy six months of paid maternity leave from January 2011, said a high official of the Ministry of Finance. The government will immediately issue a gazette notification to implement the maternity leave, which is now under consideration of the president, he said.

For the first time, Bangladesh is going to send female police officers to a foreign UN peacekeeping mission. Demand for Bangladeshi police officers by the UN for its peacekeeping missions is increasing because they are renowned for their professionalism.

The Daily Newspaper reported 14 December that 11 ministries and 9 UN organizations have agreed to work together for the next three years to formulate a legal framework and policies for preventing violence against women, changing the social attitude and behaviour and enhancing the capacity of the authorities concerned for supporting and caring for vulnerable [...]