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Taryn Simon Builds a Guggenheim ‘Novel’ About Secrets, Power and a Father’s Fading Memory
The American artist’s largest debut of new work turns a decade of research into an installation about espionage, unreliable narration and Alzheimer’s disease. Its scale shows what becomes possible when a woman artist is given time to make difficult, uncategorisable work.
Caitlin Moran’s Exit From Online Activism Raises a Harder Question: Who Can Afford to Log Off?
The British writer argues that algorithmic outrage has turned a once-hopeful feminist organising space into a source of abuse and anxiety. Her case for local, offline action is compelling, but leaving social media is easier for prominent voices than for women who depend on digital networks to be heard
Five Months Ago, Bangladesh Women Had Never Played a Senior Hockey International. Tomorrow They Enter the Asian Games
Bangladesh’s women’s hockey team will make its Asian Games debut against China on Sunday. Their route there began only in April, when Arpita Pal captained the country’s first senior international campaign and helped turn three matches into historic qualification.
Bangladesh Trained 46,248 Women in Skills Including ICT and Freelancing. The Better Question Is Who Got Paid
The ASSET project reports that 13,895 women have confirmed employment or self-employment after vocational training. That outcome-focused reporting is useful—but Bangladesh still needs to show how women in ICT and freelancing specifically convert digital skills into sustainable income.
Rubaiyat Hossain Takes Bangladesh’s Beauty Rules Into Horror—and Toronto Audiences Are Responding
The Difficult Bride is using psychological horror, folklore and the body to examine marriage, beauty standards and women’s freedom. After Venice, Rubaiyat Hossain’s latest film has sold out its Toronto screenings and is now moving on to London and Chicago.
Equal Pay Begins With Knowing What the Payslip Actually Says
Garment workers in Gazipur marked International Equal Pay Day through a street drama they wrote and performed themselves. The discussion moved beyond slogans to salary structures, overtime, payslips and wage calculations—the details through which unfair pay can become visible.
Bedey Women Keep Families Earning. Healthcare Still Struggles to Reach Them
Women in Bangladesh’s historically marginalised Bedey communities often carry both earning and caregiving responsibilities while facing early marriage, repeated pregnancy, poor sanitation and weak access to formal healthcare. Mobile communities need healthcare designed around how they actually live.
Should a Kabinnama Tell You About a Future Spouse’s Previous Marriage and Children? The High Court Wants an Answer
Bangladesh’s High Court has asked authorities to explain why Kabinnamas should not require both bride and groom to disclose previous and existing marriages, children and official identification. The proposal could strengthen informed consent—but no form has changed yet.
If Women Have to Stop Drinking Water Before Leaving Home, the City Is Not Designed for Them
A new four-city investigation finds that women are rationing water because public toilets are too few, dirty or unsafe. Sanitation is not simply a hygiene issue—it determines how long women can work, travel, shop and occupy public space.
BRAC Bank Wins an ADB Women-in-Business Award. The More Important Number Is Who Gets Capital
ADB has named BRAC Bank its 2026 Women in Business Champion, recognising the bank’s TARA proposition and women-entrepreneur financing ecosystem. Awards are useful—but gender-inclusive banking ultimately has to be measured in customers, credit, business growth and women’s ownership.
Women Hold Nearly Half of Agent-Banking Accounts. They Own Barely One in Nine Agents
Women’s participation in Bangladesh’s agent-banking system is growing rapidly: female-owned agents increased sharply over the last year, and women hold almost half of deposit accounts. But ownership remains far below Bangladesh Bank’s 50% target.
Aparna Ghose Lives in Japan Now. Bangladesh Still Lives Inside Her Creative Identity
Two-time National Film Award winner Aparna Ghose now teaches in Japan, years after building a career across theatre, television and cinema. Her story complicates a familiar assumption: moving abroad does not erase a woman’s artistic identity—or the country that helped form it.
Sajeda Built a 2,500-Duck Farm and Now Earns Around Tk50,000 a Month. Rural Women Need More Routes Like Hers
Women in Rangpur, Chuadanga and Rajshahi are turning duck farming into income through livestock knowledge, small investments and NGO or government support. Their progress shows the potential of rural enterprise—but also why training, vaccines, finance and markets must grow with the flock.
BUET Gets a Sanitary-Pad Vending Machine. Menstrual Access Should Be Standard Campus Infrastructure
Female students and staff at BUET’s Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department can now buy sanitary pads through a mobile-payment vending machine. One machine will not solve period poverty—but it shows how universities can make menstruation an ordinary infrastructure issue rather than an emergency women manage privately.
Four Bangladeshi Women Were Rescued From Trafficking. Seven Years Later, Nine People Have Been Sentenced to Life
A Hyderabad court has sentenced nine people—including eight Bangladeshis—to life imprisonment for trafficking Bangladeshi women into India with false job promises and forcing them into prostitution. The verdict is significant; preventing the next journey matters more.
Bangladesh’s Circular Economy Was Already Being Built by Women Sorting Waste. Will They Share the Billions?
Women reportedly make up around 70% of Bangladesh’s garment-waste sorters, doing the manual work that keeps textile scraps in circulation. As formal recycling attracts technology, certification and billions in potential value, a just transition means those workers cannot become disposable.
Bangladesh Fell 55 Places in the Global Gender Gap Ranking. What Changed for Women?
Bangladesh has dropped from 24th to 79th in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index in a single year. The headline is dramatic—but the data tell a more complicated story: women’s political representation has fallen sharply, economic participation remains weak, while education continues to move closer to parity.
180 Days Later: Which Promises to Bangladesh’s Women and Girls Are Actually Being Delivered?
Six months into Bangladesh’s new government, a coalition of seven rights and development organisations says there has been progress on education, health and social protection—but significant gaps remain on child marriage, violence, healthcare costs, inclusive services and accountability.
If a Woman Needs to Escape Abuse Tonight, Where Can She Go in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has laws, helplines, crisis centres and shelters for women escaping violence. But rights advocates say the number of safe places remains far too small—and navigating the system can be difficult precisely when a woman needs help most.
40 Women-Led Businesses Are Coming to One Dhaka Market This Saturday
Dhaka’s W.O.W Market returns on September 19 with around 40 women-led businesses under one roof—giving entrepreneurs something many small businesses struggle to secure: direct access to customers, visibility and new networks.
After 10–0, Bangladesh Improved Against South Korea. The Asian Gap Is Still Clear
Bangladesh reduced the damage from their record defeat to North Korea but still lost 6–0 to South Korea at the Asian Games. Two matches against continental heavyweights have exposed a bigger question: what must change for Bangladesh’s regional success to translate to the highest level in Asia?
200 Women Can Apply for Government Training in Computer Skills, Mobile Repair, Tailoring and More
A current admission notice for the Women Training Academy in Jirani, Gazipur lists 200 places across five three-month vocational courses, including computer applications and mobile-phone servicing. Applications are scheduled to remain open until 30 September.
Nazneen Ahmed’s First Weeks at CPD Put Stability, Jobs and Women’s Access to Finance on the Same Agenda
Newly appointed CPD Executive Director Nazneen Ahmed is warning that Bangladesh’s apparent economic stability remains fragile. In fresh policy interventions, she is linking investment, employment and banking reform with a second problem: financial systems that still underserve women and new entrepreneurs.
Shaheda Mustafiz Was Coding Before Bangladesh Had a Computer-Science Pipeline for Women
Bangladesh’s first woman programmer entered technology when computer science was barely available as a local academic path. Five decades later, her career in banking automation, software exports and women’s technology training offers a reminder: today’s startup ecosystem was built by people working before there was an ecosystem.