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Ecuador’s Faster Adoption Law Creates New Barriers for Lesbian Applicants
A law intended to shorten adoption procedures explicitly excludes single lesbian, gay and bisexual applicants and threatens some parents of transgender children. Efficiency cannot justify discrimination.
One Year On, Iraqi Women Warn Personal-Status Code Is Reshaping Family Rights
An Iraqi lawyer says the Ja’fari Personal Status Code may weaken women’s influence over marriage, divorce and custody decisions. The first anniversary demands evidence about how courts are applying it.
Women Musicians Say a Female-First Festival Can Be Both Joyful and Political
Artists preparing for Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields describe an industry still shaped by scarcity and competition between women. Their voices position the festival as a test of a more collaborative model.
Married Girls in Nigeria Are Asking for Education, Not Erasure
Testimony gathered in northern Nigeria shows that marriage and motherhood do not end girls’ educational ambitions. The real barrier is a system that often stops seeing them as students—or even as children.
Bangladesh Is Putting Family Support in Women’s Names
Bangladesh’s Family Card Programme sends household support through women and female heads of families. A new government policy note sees major potential for women’s empowerment — but early evidence raises a harder question: who actually controls the money after it arrives?
Bangladesh Wants to Train 50,100 Caregivers for Jobs at Home and Abroad
A proposed Tk 834 crore government programme aims to train thousands of young people for the growing care economy in Japan, South Korea, Europe, the Middle East and Bangladesh. For women, it could turn work that is often unpaid and invisible into a recognised profession — but training will need to lead to safe, fairly paid jobs.
As Aid Shrinks, the Safe Spaces Protecting Rohingya Women Are Being Hollowed Out
In Cox’s Bazar, women-only centres have spent years helping Rohingya women report violence, access healthcare, receive counselling and simply find somewhere they feel safe. A new investigation warns that funding cuts are stripping away the prevention work that made those spaces effective — just as reported gender-based violence is rising.
Shevolution 2026 to Bring More Than 500 Women Together for Bangladesh’s National Debate Tournament
More than 500 women from across Bangladesh are expected to gather at Independent University, Bangladesh from August 28–30 for Shevolution 2026, an all-women national debate tournament designed not only for women to compete, but to lead every part of the event.
Women’s Chamber Takes Skills and Employment Support to Trainees in Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry leaders have visited technical training centres in Cox’s Bazar as part of efforts to connect skills development with jobs, entrepreneurship and stronger support for women outside Dhaka.
Shama Obaed Says Human Rights Must Apply Even to Political Opponents
Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs says the government must protect citizens from politically motivated detention regardless of party identity, placing due process at the centre of her latest public remarks.
Global AI Fellowship Gives Bangladeshi Teenage Girls a Chance to Build Their First Product
A free international fellowship for girls aged 13–18 is teaching participants to use AI tools to identify community problems, build websites and launch working projects without requiring previous coding experience.
Shabreen Shaka Meem Finds a New Stage in Helping Marginalised Children
Former actor Shabreen Shaka Meem has spent more than a decade away from television, redirecting her public profile toward education and support for marginalised children.
Women Entrepreneurs Are Still Receiving Too Little of Bangladesh’s SME Financing
A Tangail entrepreneur’s struggle to finance new machinery illustrates a much larger problem: women now receive only 7.28% of Bangladesh’s SME lending despite a policy target of 15%.
Samia Afreen’s Second Cancer Diagnosis Highlights the Reality of Cancer Recurrence
Bangladeshi television presenter Samia Afreen has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a malignant tumour for a second time, bringing renewed attention to the emotional and medical realities faced by people living beyond an initial cancer diagnosis.
‘Durbar Konnya’ Puts Girls at the Centre of Bangladesh’s Climate Response
: Plan International Bangladesh’s new model aims to turn adolescent girls and young women in climate-vulnerable communities from people seen mainly as victims into participants in disaster preparedness and climate decision-making.
Stopping Violence Against Women Requires Men to Challenge Other Men
Bangladesh’s violence-against-women crisis cannot be addressed only by asking women to protect themselves. Families, schools and communities also need men and boys to challenge harassment, control and violence among their peers.
Women’s Equality Day Must Remember Who the Nineteenth Amendment Left Behind
The US observance commemorates women’s suffrage, but an accurate history must recognise that many Black, Indigenous, Asian American and other women remained excluded after 1920.
Women’s Online Abortion Accounts Reveal the Human Cost Behind U.S. Policy
New research examines how women describe medication-abortion experiences online following the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. These accounts may document barriers that clinical and government data fail to capture.
Nepal’s Deadly Floods Highlight Women’s Protection Needs in Emergency Response
Flash floods have caused mass casualties and disappearances in Nepal. Emergency planning must account for pregnant women, caregivers, women-headed households and people exposed to violence in temporary shelter.
Islamabad Nursery Fire Raises Urgent Questions About Public-Hospital Safety
Fourteen newborns died in a fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s capital. The tragedy demands an independent investigation focused on prevention and accountability rather than grief as spectacle.
Study of Abortion Narratives Highlights the Need for Clear Aftercare Information
Women’s online accounts following medication abortion may reveal confusion, isolation and difficulty identifying trustworthy healthcare information.
Newborn Fire Deaths Expose the Special Risks Inside Intensive-Care Nurseries
The Islamabad hospital fire demonstrates why neonatal units require layered fire protection designed around infants who cannot be evacuated conventionally.
Women-Founded Startups Are Winning More Megarounds—but One Number Can Mislead
Dealroom reports 68 funding rounds of at least $100 million for companies with a woman founder or co-founder in 2026. The milestone needs to be separated from the much smaller amount reaching companies founded solely by women.
Record Number of Women CEOs Still Amounts to Only 34 Global 500 Companies
Women now lead a record 34 Fortune Global 500 corporations, but that represents less than 7% of the list and none of its 30 largest businesses.