Career & Money
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Bangladeshi Women Spend 5.9 Hours a Day on Unpaid Care. That Is a Labour-Market Policy Problem
Bangladesh’s Time Use Survey says women spend 5.9 hours daily on unpaid care and household work, compared with 0.8 hours for men. A new Dhaka dialogue is calling for care to be recognised, reduced and redistributed. If Bangladesh wants more women earning, childcare infrastructure is economic infrastructure.
Paisano Marma Started With Tk500. Four Months Later, Her Food Business Had Sold More Than Tk10,000
Indigenous women in Khagrachhari are moving from irregular day labour into small businesses through training, market links and storage facilities. Paisano Marma’s Tk500 start shows why the crucial ingredient is not training alone—it is giving women somewhere to sell afterwards.
Bangladesh’s Women Have Saved Seeds for Generations. Could Orange Bonds Help Them Build Businesses?
More than 3,000 Bangladeshi women farmers have established community seed enterprises and seed banks through IRRI-supported programmes, but many remain too small to scale. A new analysis asks whether gender-focused Orange Bond financing could help women-led seed businesses access the working capital they need.
Australia’s Women Start Businesses—Then Hit a ‘Scaling Cliff’
A new national index says women lead 42% of sole-trader businesses but only 7% of large companies. The gap shifts the policy question from starting firms to gaining the capital, customers and networks required to grow them.
Women’s Football Moved 683 Players—But Recorded Fees Reveal a Thin Market
A database covering six leading leagues records hundreds of player moves but only £1.9 million in known fees. The difference between mobility and disclosed financial value shows how little of the women’s transfer economy remains publicly visible.
Abu Dhabi Issued 3,058 New Business Licences to Emirati Women—Now Track Survival
New economic licences issued to Emirati women rose 6.4% in the first half of 2026. Registration is a useful sign of participation, but it does not show whether those businesses obtain capital, revenue or long-term stability.
Karoline Leavitt’s Departure Puts Care Demands Inside the Story of a Powerful Job
The youngest White House press secretary in US history left after returning from maternity leave, saying the role’s demands were incompatible with being present for her family. Her decision highlights a structural problem extending far beyond politics.
In Jashore, Small Livelihood Grants Put Economic Tools Directly in Women’s Hands
A local support programme in Jashore has provided sewing machines to economically disadvantaged women from ethnic-minority communities, while women entrepreneurs received agricultural processing equipment and students gained scholarships and bicycles—small interventions aimed at expanding both income and education opportunities.
As Laldia Terminal Breaks Ground, Will Bangladesh Deliver on Its Promise of Port Jobs for Women?
Bangladesh’s $550 million Laldia Container Terminal is moving into construction with an earlier government promise to ensure women’s active participation. As one of the country’s biggest new logistics investments takes shape, the question is whether that commitment will translate into measurable jobs, training and career pathways for women.
Bangladesh’s Childcare Shortage Could Become a New Business Opportunity for Women
A proposal for professionally trained home-based childcare providers could address two problems at once: mothers leaving paid work because they cannot find affordable care and women needing viable pathways into entrepreneurship.
New Social Protection Push Could Matter for Thousands of Bangladesh’s Women Garment Workers
BGMEA has brought more than 50 garment factories into an orientation on unemployment protection and digital labour records, highlighting a system that can provide temporary cash support to workers facing factory closure, accidents or maternity leave—an important safety net in a sector where women make up a large share of the workforce.
Nazneen Ahmed to Lead CPD as Fahmida Khatun Moves to Distinguished Fellow Role
Development economist Dr Nazneen Ahmed will become Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue on September 1, succeeding Dr Fahmida Khatun in a leadership transition that places two of Bangladesh’s prominent women economists at the centre of one of the country’s leading policy institutions.
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%.
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.
New Women Entrepreneurs Association Leadership Plans Expansion Beyond Bangladesh’s Major Cities
Newly elected WEA president Yasmeen Ahmed says the organisation will focus on young entrepreneurs, skills, business networks and women-led businesses outside Bangladesh’s major urban centres.