women empowerment
Victoria’s Secret returns with diversity, but are we buying it?
After a six-year sabbatical, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, and the internet is divided.
Navigating Dhaka’s streets, now with less anxiety! Women’s Shuttle to the rescue
In a city like Dhaka, women often face added difficulties when it comes to finding safe and reliable transportation. For many, commuting daily in the city can feel like navigating a minefield! Moving around is always an ordeal for a large portion of the population.
Unveiling the goddess within
Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga, highlighting her strength, courage, and compassion. These divine traits are present in every woman, empowering them to face challenges and embrace their inner goddess during the festival and beyond.
Let women decide what they want
True empowerment is built on empowering women to make life decisions free from outside pressures like discrimination, constraints, or societal standards
#Perspective / Priyanka Das breaks career norms for civil engineers, one floor at a time
From towering skyscrapers to sprawling bridges and intricate road networks, civil engineering is a field that shapes the physical world around us. However, despite its critical role in society, this field remains a male-dominated profession, where women are largely underrepresented.
Time for Bangladesh to withdraw CEDAW reservations
Are reservations to CEDAW a barrier to gender equality?
Empowering women through digital financial inclusion
To fully harness the benefits of these digital financial services (DFS) to close gaps in gender equality, policymakers must consider the unique challenges women face in accessing formal financial services.
ESSAY / We still dream of the things that Sultana dreamed of
As long as the problems addressed in Sultana’s Dream continue to exist and be relevant, we must uphold Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s work, values, and ideologies
Breaking stereotypes / Fit and fearless: The rise of women’s bodybuilding
Women’s bodybuilding is on the rise in Bangladesh. Even if we rewind the clock to a few years back, we would hardly find any news that had women and bodybuilding paired together. But despite the lack of opportunities and the alarming number of obstacles they have to overcome, more and more women are entering the field of professional bodybuilding and the number of participants in such events are rapidly increasing with each passing event.
Victoria’s Secret returns with diversity, but are we buying it?
After a six-year sabbatical, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, and the internet is divided.
Navigating Dhaka’s streets, now with less anxiety! Women’s Shuttle to the rescue
In a city like Dhaka, women often face added difficulties when it comes to finding safe and reliable transportation. For many, commuting daily in the city can feel like navigating a minefield! Moving around is always an ordeal for a large portion of the population.
Unveiling the goddess within
Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga, highlighting her strength, courage, and compassion. These divine traits are present in every woman, empowering them to face challenges and embrace their inner goddess during the festival and beyond.
Let women decide what they want
True empowerment is built on empowering women to make life decisions free from outside pressures like discrimination, constraints, or societal standards
Priyanka Das breaks career norms for civil engineers, one floor at a time
From towering skyscrapers to sprawling bridges and intricate road networks, civil engineering is a field that shapes the physical world around us. However, despite its critical role in society, this field remains a male-dominated profession, where women are largely underrepresented.
Time for Bangladesh to withdraw CEDAW reservations
Are reservations to CEDAW a barrier to gender equality?
Empowering women through digital financial inclusion
To fully harness the benefits of these digital financial services (DFS) to close gaps in gender equality, policymakers must consider the unique challenges women face in accessing formal financial services.
We still dream of the things that Sultana dreamed of
As long as the problems addressed in Sultana’s Dream continue to exist and be relevant, we must uphold Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s work, values, and ideologies
Fit and fearless: The rise of women’s bodybuilding
Women’s bodybuilding is on the rise in Bangladesh. Even if we rewind the clock to a few years back, we would hardly find any news that had women and bodybuilding paired together. But despite the lack of opportunities and the alarming number of obstacles they have to overcome, more and more women are entering the field of professional bodybuilding and the number of participants in such events are rapidly increasing with each passing event.
Unsheathing the potential of fencing in Bangladesh
The biggest highlight of fencing in Bangladesh was when Fatima Mujib earned the gold medal in the sabre event of the South Asian Games in December, 2019.