Purnasha Aurora: Forcing someone to remove their hijab, and forcing someone to wear hijab- both are…
Category: Food for Thought
PRSPs & Women’s Leadership-building in Bangladesh: Where did it go wrong?
Tasnim Nowshin Fariha: Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) endorsed by IMF and World Bank is regarded…
Khuda Kay Liye: A Feminist Perspective
Nujhat Jahan: I love it when cinema brings out contemporary social issues and presents a thought-provoking…
I am a result of rape
Wiola Rębecka: We met for the first time when I was traveling to Kibuye, Rwanda. I…
Bollywood movies and the culture of misogyny
MST Prottasha: Indian cinema, in particular Bollywood movies, maybe going places, but the portrayal of women…
Work of men and work of women
Fahmi Ela: Maybe it has been fifty years that women are officially related to the economy.…
The debate over school textbooks and rampage of Hefajat E Islam
Pamelia Khaled: The use of language in Bangladesh school textbooks is spurring battles across the country.…
“I Am Not An Easy Man”: A comic tale of reversed gender privilege
MST Prottasha: Films influence our lives to a great extent. Even though films are often…
I Was in Love with a Predator
Wiola Rebecka: I was in love with a perpetrator. It was in Poland in 1980, during…
Purple Hibiscus : Conflicts, Contradictions and Embracing Freedom
Nujhat Jahan: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a novel set in post-colonial Nigeria…