Benapole, Jan 9 — In 2016, she started small – out of the same premises she lives with her family – more of an experiment than a business. Today, Nasrin Sultana, a resident of Jhikorgaccha upazila’s Barbakpur village, is a…
Tag: Girls
Covid-19: 500,000 girls globally at risk of early marriage
An estimated 500,000 more girls are at the risk of being forced into child marriage globally and as many as one million more are expected to become pregnant in 2020 as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19…
Girls outshine boys in JSC, JDC exams
Girls performed better than boys in this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations.
ICPD25: Clear path ahead to transform world for women, girls
Nairobi, Nov 16 – “Child marriages must end and I am here at the Nairobi Summit to tell the world that it is wrong and must be stopped”
Girls outshine boys in HSC examinations
Dhaka, July 17 – The girls are outshining the boys in pass rates in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations over the last several years which are good but lower pass rate of the boys should not be a good…
UNDP to equip BD women, girls for better climate adaptation
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – The government has joined hands with UNDP to implement a $33m project in Satkhira and Khulna districts benefitting almost 7 lakh people mostly women and adolescent girls to help them adapt better to climate change.…
Educating girls about menstruation and menstrual hygiene
By Ida Horner Surrey, England, May 28 2019 (IPS) – The organisers of Menstrual Hygiene Day say that although there has been a lot of good work on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) either currently underway or already completed, we are…
The world made promise to women, Girls; we must fulfill them
By Monica Juma NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 2019 (IPS) – In 1994 the International Conference and Population and Development (ICPD) was hosted in Cairo by the Government of Egypt. Twenty-five years later, Kenya is ready to convene the ICPD “Nairobi…
BKSP clinch 21st National Junior Girls Gymnastics title
Dhaka – Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) won the girls’ team title of the 21st National Junior Gymnastics Championship on Saturday. They secured 115.60 points on the third day of the meet at the National Sports Council Gymnasium in Dhaka.…
Girls, women must gain equality in all aspects of life: EU
Brussels, 6 March – Equality between women and men is one of the fundamental values of the European Union enshrined in our treaties. Our Union is a pioneer in tackling gender-based discrimination and we can be proud of the progress…
Girls, boys’ brains react differently to traumatic experiences
Adolescent girls who suffer traumatic stress undergo accelerated maturation in a brain region that integrates emotions and actions, according to a new study which found that stress affects the brains of boys and girls differently. Among youth with post-traumatic stress…