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Women’s participation in local government of Bangladesh (Picture: Khabarhub)
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women’s participation in local government of Bangladesh
Khabarhub
Policy frameworks are set to include women in the political process for empowering women, and enhancing rural development, and national development as a whole. Over the years public policies have been made, and revised to mandatorily include women...
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Monday, October 12, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Who owns the world and who merely lives in it?
Dhaka Tribune
The Thomson Reuters Foundation carried out a survey that stated that Dhaka ranked as the seventh most dangerous megacity for women. While sexual violence and cultural practices contribute to Bangladesh’s failure to protect women, what is often...
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Friday, June 12, 2020
Women of Bangladesh emerge as global model of leadership
Dhaka Tribune
Bangladesh ranks 7th in the world in the political empowerment of women. Bangladesh has emerged as a shining global model of women leadership when women take leading positions at every sphere of its political and social arena with them performing...
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Monday, February 04, 2019
Interviews
Waseqa Ayesha Khan
Waseqa Ayesha Khan is Member of Parliament of Bangladesh. This interview was conducted in October 2017 in the margins of the IPU Assembly in Geneva.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Why Bangladeshi politics is man's domain
Deutsche Welle
Two powerful women – Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia – have dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades, but the South Asian country's women are still underrepresented in parliament and are politically marginalized. Nazla Ibtesham, an 18-year-old...
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Women in South Asia: Looking back at 2013, and ahead to 2014
Swarna Rajagopalan takes a look at the events that shaped women's rights and gender issues in South Asia in the last year, and what changes and developments we might see in the new year. 2013 witnessed a new awareness about sexual and gender-...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Women lawmakers advocate women empowerment, Bangladesh
To eliminate gender discrimination, the political parties should ensure 33% of the positions allotted to women in their party hierarchical structure by 2015, and include this in their election manifesto ahead of the 2014 general elections. The call...
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Expert responses
Women’s Participation in Local Governments
This consolidated response analyzes current situation of women’s participation in local governments around the world and discusses the impact of women’s engagement in local politics.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Report / White Paper
Women, Political Parties and Social Movements in South Asia
This paper describes relationships between women and political parties in South Asia, with case studies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India. It also explores how political parties and social movements organize women and address women’s...
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