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A Rally and Human Chain were jointly organized by Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Motherland Garments Workers’ Federation, Bangladesh Shramojibi Federation and Bangladesh Kishani Sabha in front of National Press Club on Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 12 noon, in protest of “Rape and violence (...)
Ayesha Khanam, President of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, an active organizer of all the progressive movements including the student movement of 1962, the mass uprising of 1971, the great liberation war, has passed away. She was 74 years old at the time of her death.
This woman leader died at (...)
With four reported rapes a day and many more unreported, survivors and activists say anyone could be next.
Sharmin*, a 28-year-old housewife, is one of the thousands of traumatised survivors of a rape epidemic blighting Bangladesh.
It has been three months since she says she was raped by a (...)
There are still those who ask ‘what was she wearing’. An urgent conversation is needed about toxic masculinity and consent
There has been growing outrage among Bangladeshi citizens over the past two weeks at a string of gruesome gang rapes and sexual assaults reported in the media. There is a (...)
Long march reaches Feni, police to hold rallies today
The platform of 16 left-leaning student and socio-cultural organisations — ‘Bangladesh against rape and impunity’ — that has been demonstrating at Shahbagh in Dhaka for 12 days to press for their nine-point demands began their Dhaka–Noakhali (...)
Special programme aims to inspire female workers to become leaders and boost women’s rights across industries.
Five years ago, Sadeka Begum was working 12-hour shifts in a garment factory as the main earner for her family in Bangladesh.
Today, the 23-year-old is one of the first graduates of a (...)
Women routinely face sexual assault and exploitation in factories, many of which supply western brands. A grassroots movement is helping victims to seek justice
Dolly Akhtar was only 16 when she started work in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, stitching clothing destined for shop floors (...)
Shamsun Nahar Khan Doli was born in 10 April 1964 in Dashmina sub-district in Patuakhali District. She studied in homoeopathic medicine after completion of secondary level education. Her father Abdus Satter Khan was a famous peasant leader who died in 1996 due to cardiac attack. Doli grew up (...)
On 13 April 2019, Saturday, at 10 am in front of Dhaka National Press Club, Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Bangladesh Kishani Sabha, Bangladesh Bhasman Nari Shramik Union, Bangladesh Bhumihin Samity, Bangladesh Adivasi Samity, jointly staged rally and human chain in protest of killing and rape (...)
A group of 18 civil society networks yesterday demanded that the government must invest part of the tax money to establish women’s rights.
The demand came at a human chain organized in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Among others, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of EquityBD, Rehana Akter of (...)
A group of 18 civil society networks yesterday demanded that the government must invest part of the tax money to establish women’s rights.
The demand came at a human chain organized in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Among others, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of EquityBD, Rehana Akter of (...)
Following the “Global days of Action on Tax Justice and Women Rights” Rights Groups demanded to ensure women rights in country.
Dhaka, 19 March 2019. Today a group of 18 Rights Based Civil Society Networks have demanded the tax money to invest for establishing women’s rights through a human chain (...)
On 11 October 2018 at 3 pm in the office of the organizations in Dhaka Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Bangladesh Kishani Sabha, Bangladesh Adivasi Samity and Bangladesh Bhumiheen Samity and Labour Resource Center jointly organized a discussion meeting in observance of 15 October which is (...)
Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and burned at her school, dying 10 days later of her injuries.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who died 10 days after the attack, whose claims of harassment were initially ignored by police and school authorities. Photograph: Handout
A teenage Bangladeshi girl (...)
Today on 8 March 2018 at 10 am in front of National Press Club, organized by Communist Party of Bangladesh-ML, a rally and procession took place in observance of International Woman’s Day.
Presided over by CPBML Polit Bureau Member Comrade Mukhlesuddin Shahin the rally was addressed by CPBML (...)
Programs were held 21 February in observance of International Mother Language Day and 8 March in observance .
International Mother Language Day
Programs were held 21 February in observance of International Mother Language Day. It took place in Dhaka at national level and in Barisal at (...)
Indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh are increasingly being raped in land-related conflicts, especially in militarized areas. An alarming trend worth reflecting upon on the International Women’s Day 2018.
The latest example of brutal sexual violence against indigenous women and girls in (...)
Situation of Women in Bangladesh: Uneven progress and Persistent Inequalities
Bangladesh is currently categorized as a lower-middle income (LMIC) country which has been experiencing a steady rate of economic growth in the last two decades. A country with Muslim-majority with a parliamentary (...)
A coalition of NGOs working on child rights hold a protest rally against the special provision in the latest child marriage act with the slogan ‘No clause with 18.’
WHEN I was an eighth grader in school, a new teacher, someone who was on training in our school, once told us in the class, ‘You (...)
Climate change is driving Bangladeshi women out of the countryside and into exploitative garment factories.
Melted ice caps, habitat loss, encroaching seas, violent storms, crop failure, hunger, death — the list of global warming’s ill effects is long. Yet for some, climate change has been a (...)
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