By Joseph Chamie New York, Feb 1 (IPS) – Most of the world’s women have experienced sexual harassment. Based on available country surveys, it is estimated that no less than 75 percent of the world’s 2.7 billion women aged 18…
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USA Gymnastics doctor ‘abused 265 girls’
The number of known sexual abuse victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has grown to 265, a Michigan judge has said. At least 65 victims are set to confront Nassar, 54, in court this week in the last…
8-month-old infant girl raped in New Delhi
An eight-month-old baby girl has been raped allegedly by her cousin in the Indian capital, Delhi, reports BBC.The girl is reportedly in a critical condition at a local hospital where she was brought in on Sunday.
Schoolgirl murdered after rape in Rajshahi, 1 held
Rajshahi, Jan 25 – A schoolgirl was killed allegedly after rape at Madila village in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday night.
BD State Minister Keramat Ali makes daughter his APS
Dhaka, Jan 23 – State Minister for Technical and Madrasah Education Division of Education Ministry Kazi Keramat Ali has made his daughter Begum Kaniz Fatema Chauty his assistant personal secretary (APS).
One year under Trump: An assault on women’s health
It was one year ago that millions of women worldwide marched against newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump. The marches were meant to send a message to Trump after a presidential election that “insulted, demonised and threatened” women, immigrants and…
Kausalya fights over ‘low caste’ husband’s murder
In March 2016, a 22-year-old man was hacked to death in daylight on a crowded road in southern India for marrying a woman of a higher caste. His wife survived the attack and went on to testify against her parents…
New Zealand PM reveals she is pregnant
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she is pregnant. Ms Ardern said she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, were expecting their child in June, after which she planned to take a six-week break.
Gender impact on trade, finance and fintech
Woman-owned firms engage differently with finance for trade. The barriers they face in starting and running a business are well-known. Yet, this offers little insight into how they finance their business once globalized. Surveys indicate that finance is often the…
India’s Haryana rape and murder suspect found dead
Indian police say they have found the body of a teenage boy who was the main suspect in a rape and murder case in the northern state of Haryana.
Aunts of 13 captive children reveal years of secrecy
By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) – For decades, Elizabeth Flores begged to see her nieces and nephews. Even Skype would do. But her sister and brother-in-law, Louise and David Turpin, kept such a secret life that they wouldn’t let her…
Menstrual stigna continues to claim lives in Nepal
In Nepal’s far western Achham, a remote arid region where farming villages dot the foothills of the Himalayas, government and aid workers have walked from door to door for nearly a decade to advocate against chauupadi, an ancient Hindu ritual…
Two women out of 4 were raped in home in Chittagong
Dhaka, 15 Jan – Over the rape incident of four women in a home under Karnaphuli police station in Chittagong yesterday (Sunday) the four women gave deposition before a Chittagong Court.
Saudi Arabia makes history: Women at football stadium
Saudi Arabia has for the first time allowed women to spectate at a football match, part of an easing of strict rules on gender separation by the ultra-conservative Muslim country.
Catherine Deneuve defends men’s ‘right to hit on’ women
French actress Catherine Deneuve has said that men should be “free to hit on” women. She is one of 100 French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new “puritanism” sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. It deplores…
The #MeToo movement disrupts commodification of feminism
By Rangita de Silva de Alwis UN, Jan 8 (IPS) – As the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations in New York draws near, women from every corner of the world…
’28 children killed, 49 raped monthly in Bangladesh’
As many as 28 children are murdered and 49 raped in Bangladesh every month, according to a report by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), a network of non-government organisations.
Dhaka Metro Police Sr official removed for forcibly marrying woman
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner, Mizanur Rahman, was withdrawn from the DMP headquarters and attached to Police headquarters on Tuesday over allegation of his forcefully marrying a woman and torturing her. Assistant Inspector General (media) of police Soheli Ferdaus…
Gays marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across Australia
Canberra, Jan 9 (AP/UNB) — Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia on Tuesday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired.
Man fined for son’s marriage with Rohingya girl
The High Court on Monday fined a man Tk 1 lakh over his son’s marriage with a Rohingya girl, who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, defying a government ban. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chawdhury and Justice…
Only proposed – says Imran Khan
Pakistan former skipper Imran Khan on Sunday said that he has proposed marriage to a woman believed to be a faith healer but denied reports that he had secretly wed her. According to news agency PTI, Imran Khan’s spokesman in…
Hasina accprds reception to U-15 Women Football Team
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday accorded a reception to the players of the National under-15 Women Football Team at her official residence Ganobhaban for their victory in the South Asian Football Under-15 Women Football Championship. Team Manager Amirul Islam…
Two DU teachers relieved of academic duties
Dr Akib Ul Huque, an assistant professor of Psychology Department, and Umme Kawser, a lecturer of Educational and Counseling Psychology Department of Dhaka University (DU) have been relieved of all academic activities for different terms. The academic committee of Psychology…
Hollywood women’s campaign to fight sexual harassment
More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces.
Love triumphs against hate for a rare couple in Myanmar
The love story between between Setara and Mohammad is extraordinarily rare in Myanmar — she is a Buddhist and he’s from the minority Muslim Rohingya community. The Buddhists despise the Rohingya in their country, and the United Nations has called…
Scandelous gesture of two DU teachers
A Dhaka University male teacher was reportedly found along with his female colleague at his room locked from inside in the university’s Arts Faculty Building on Saturday. Dr Akib Ul Huque, an assistant professor of Psychology department, and Umme Kawser,…
Indian Lok Sabha okays bill against tripple-talaq
India’s powerful lower house of parliament has approved a bill making the practice of instant divorce illegal and punishable with up to three years imprisonment for offending husbands. The bill came months after India’s Supreme Court ruled that the Muslim…
Agroecology, women’s empowerment must to end malnutrition
A briefing paper by ActionAid sets out key priorities on nutrition and ensuring the right to adequate food and nutrition for all. It cites that globally, one in three people are malnourished and if current trends continue, this number could…
‘Inappropriate’ panto gag dropped in wake of Weinstein abuse
With their double entendres, cross-dressing characters and more than a few nudge nudge wink winks, pantomimes are part of the long British tradition of stage ribaldry.
No sign Rohingya will be allowed to return home
Bangkok, Dec 24 (AP/UNB) — After facing international outrage and charges of ethnic cleansing, Myanmar made a pledge: Rohingya Muslims who fled the country by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home within weeks.