Welcome to the broadcast of the Women’s Friendly match between South Africa vs Zambia. The meeting will take place at the Lucas Moripe Stadium, located in Atteridgeville, a suburb of the city of ...

In a historic move, Bangladesh's national budget has, for the first time, pledged institutional recognition for women's unpaid and unacknowledged caregiving and household work. The government ...

In the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, a special fund of Tk125 crore has been allocated for women entrepreneurs. This allocation was proposed by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed with ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Tennessee softball is going back to the semifinals of the Women's College World Series. The No. 7 seed Lady Vols (47-16) won 5-4 against No. 9 seed UCLA (55-13) in an extra ...

Deep-rooted taboos, the high cost of products, and inadequate sanitation facilities continue to undermine the dignity, mobility, and well-being of millions of women and girls. In Bangladesh, according ...

These are not rhetorical questions. These are the questions Bangladesh must now answer. The Women's Reform Commission, created to enshrine dignity, rights, and legal protections for half the ...

Nepal’s women’s football team is embarking on a crucial tour of Thailand, where it will play two friendlies, seen as vital warm-up matches ahead of their historic campaign in the 2026 AFC Women’s ...

China's gender imbalance has birthed a shadow industry of bride-trafficking, where poor women from several Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, are lured with false promises and ...

The World Bank, in its report Voices to Choices: Bangladesh’s Journey in Women’s Economic Empowerment released in April 2019, highlights that over one-third of women in the labour force are unpaid ...

The World Bank’s knowledge brief, “Climate Migration and Its Impacts on Women in Bangladesh,” co-developed with the ... Working conditions are dismal: the report highlights a lack of safe rest areas, ...

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