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The Visually impaired women in Bangladesh

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:14:36 PDT

Rozina Khatun (30) is a visually impaired woman of the village, Nayagola under the police station and district Chapai Nwabganj. She studied up to class five in Nayagola primary school. During her study one of the eyes was partially well After one year of her birth, she suffered from chicken pox. Due to financial insolvency [...]

Women of Bangladesh: where are they?

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:06:17 PDT

“I won against Pakistan but lost to poverty” said Kakat Heninchita. Few Bangladeshis have heard of this valiant freedom fighter, known to the villagers as Kakon Bibi. Carrying ammunition to the Mukti Bahini in a ‘kolar bhela’ this poor Khashya woman from Shunamganj helped blow up a bridge in 1971. She fought with the Mukti [...]

Women health workers act as change makers at community level: Study

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:58:49 PDT

Findings from a study yesterday revealed that women health workers have been found to be acting as change makers of society at the community level since the sixties of last century. The study conducted over community health programmes of the government, ICDDR,B, BRAC and Gonoswasthya Kendra in Matlab, Savar and Jamalpur said that the recruitment [...]

Integrate physically challenged women into mainstream.

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:57:37 PDT

Violence against women with disabilities should be addressed from the perspective of citizens’ rights along with steps to enhance their mobility and security, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday. They also said that integrating physically challenged women into mainstream of society is crucial to ensure their rights. The National Council for Disabled Women, the Action [...]

Women’s rights?

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:55:05 PDT

Maliha Rahanaz, Ebenezer International School, Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka Will this massive craze of torturing women in our society ever come to an end? Why is it that when women’s rights are discussed we always find ways to back out by simply saying, “We’re working on it” or “I think women have been given much more [...]

Today’s women are TOUGH !

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:53:26 PDT

Al Gore and his wife broke up after 40 years of marriage. The guy who stars in The Bachelor reality show broke up with his fiancé last week after being together for a lifetime by the standards of vacuous celebrities, ie, days. BP boss Tony Hayward parted company with his dividend paycheck. So I was [...]

Citi Bank scholarship for young women is launched

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:50:46 PDT

Citibank, N.A., Bangla-desh in collaboration with Grameen Shikkha has launched a scholarship programme called ‘Citi Scholarship for Young Women’ targeting the female university students of the country. Under the programme, scholarships will be given to 35 female students from six public institutions including Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Tech-nology (BUET), [...]

Women leaders urge global movement for Suu Kyi’s release

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:48:31 PDT

Women leaders Saturday called for a global movement for freeing detained Myanmar democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “Suu Kyi is not only a political leader, but also a symbol of democracy. National development in Myanmar will not be possible by keeping her in captivity,” they said. The leaders were addressing a press conference on [...]

AB Bank training for women entrepreneurs

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:45:54 PDT

AB Bank Limited organized a day-long training programme on Entrepreneurship Development for Women Entrepreneurs Wednesday at ABBL Training Academy in the city. The training programme was arranged for SME customers with a focus to increase awareness regarding proper banking activities while applying for SME loans,it is a step forwards involving the vast number of women [...]

Why women scientists opt out ?

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:43:01 PDT

There are many women scientists in the world who are responsible for making discoveries and advances in a wide variety of areas — biology, medicine, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, and research. From the dawn of civilization women and men worked together to make the future brighter. Why aren’t there more women in science in Bangladesh? Their [...]