Gender Equality

Gender Equality
Monitoring on climate change, gender equality policies and plans stressed

Monitoring on climate change, gender equality policies and plans stressed

There is a need for a systemic and structured monitoring mechanism to track the progress of these policies and implementation plans.

Students return home crossing mustard fields as they hold new textbooks received during the textbook festival held across the country on 1 January

‘Girls lag behind boys in mathematics for negative gender norms’

Learning mathematics skills in turn strengthens memory, comprehension, and analysis, in turn improving children’s ability to create, the UNICEF report notes

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Gender pay disparity, unpaid childhood chores are related

Research shows women's later employment participation is affected by taking on the weight of this care burden in childhood, thus adding to existing inequality gaps.

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Equality of men and women: A long way to go

The news that Bangladesh is at the top of the South Asian countries in achieving gender equality is comforting but we cannot rejoice. Because Bangladesh is still far behind many countries in this ...

Bangladesh remains most gender-equal country in South Asia, slips six notches globally

Bangladesh remains most gender-equal country in South Asia

Bangladesh has been listed as the most gender-equal country in South Asia for the eighth time in a row, according to a study by the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Bangladesh female cricket team during a practice session

BCB plans to cut salary gap between male, female cricketers

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to reduce the salary gap between male and female cricketers, said Jalal Yunus, chairman of the cricket operations of the board

A giant sculpture of a mosquito is pictured in the courtyard of scientist Jessica Manning’s lab space, near Phnom Penh

Women in Science recieve lesser authorship credit than male counterparts

Women are not nearly as likely as men to be named on patents related to projects that they both worked on - even controlling for all factors, the gap was 59 per cent

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA, on 8 May 2019

Google pays $118m to settle gender discrimination suit

Google said on Sunday that it was "very pleased" to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking ...

Fear of violence must be addressed for a better gender budget

Roundtable Fear of violence must be addressed for a better gender budget

35 per cent parents marry their daughters off to protect them from sexual harassment whereas 55 per cent parents do not allow their daughters to take part in any outdoor extracurricular activities ...

A new study suggests women respond negatively to positive gender stereotypes at work.

Study suggests women dislike communality compliments at work

When women and men are faced with positive gendered stereotypes, women experience more frustration and less motivation to comply with the expectation

Editorial

Weaknesses and flaws of anti-discrimination law should be removed

We a need a law for our country, where people are constantly being victim by injustice and discrimination, that will play an effective role in eliminating discrimination

An office-going woman runs to board a running bus at the zero point of Dhaka's Gulistan area

Gender divide in mobility: Working, walking and worrying in Dhaka city

A city is experienced quite differently by men and women of different ages, professions and social class. Equipped with all sorts of modern amenities, it would be expected that a city could offer ...

'Prevention of violence against women should be taught at home and school'

'Prevention of violence against women should be taught at home and school'

At a virtual discussion on the occasion of '16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence', organised on Saturday by the Sociology and Gender Club of Central Women's University, speakers ...

Putting gender equality first

Putting gender equality first

Gender Action Plan III promotes leadership and meaningful participation of women, girls and young people in political, economic, social and cultural life, as well as in all matters related to peace ...

Editorial

Invisible work of women Women’s share in the national income must increase

We speak of gender equality in every sphere of state and social life. The constitution also instructs not to discriminate between men and women

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