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Social Stigma: Struggles of single women seeking accommodation in Dhaka

, May 10 -- For the countless single women who move to Dhaka in pursuit of education or employment, the city's sprawling skyline offers not the promise of new beginnings, but a labyrinth of barriers.
Dhaka TribuneOpinion

Mothers should not have to do it all alone

Before dawn breaks in Dhaka’s low-income neighbourhoods, women are already on the move. They cook, pack tiffin boxes, and ...
The Business Standard

Growing up alone: The childcare crisis trapping Dhaka’s working mothers

Childcare is the missing link in Bangladesh’s urban development story. The women in Dhaka’s low-income communities struggle to join the workforce, and the absence of reliable childcare facilities expo ...
Human Rights Watch

Bangladeshi Women’s Rights Opposed by Hardline Religious Groups

On Saturday, nearly 20,000 supporters of the Islamist organization Hefazat-e-Islam rallied in the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, to protest, among other issues, proposed government reforms to ...
The Business Standard

Dhaka struggles to house climate migrants and growing population

Despite hundreds of acres of government land lying unused, only a handful of the nearly 50 housing projects launched over the past two decades have been completed, hampered by bureaucratic delays and ...