Adolescent Girls’ Rights Over 30 Years,” released jointly by Unicef, UN Women, and Plan International on International Women’s Day, highlighted the prevalence of child marriage in Bangladesh. Despite ...

Islamic political parties, led by the conservative Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI), rallied in Dhaka's sprawling Suhrawardy Udyan to address 20,000 supporters who were demanding the winding up of the Women's ...

Despite progress, millions still live in poverty, climate change-related disasters pose a grave threat, and child mortality, malnutrition and marriage rates are among the world’s highest. Bangladesh’s ...

DHAKA: Around 3,000 women rallied on Friday (May 16) in Bangladesh for the country's interim government to openly support a ...

She has researched human rights in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, South Korea and the US on issues including child marriage, girls’ education ...