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The status of women in Bangladesh has been subject to many important changes over the past few centuries. Bangladeshi women have made significant progress since the country's independence in 1971, where women in the region experienced increased political empowerment for women, better job prospects, increased opportunities of education and the ...
Rima Sultana Rimu. Rima Sultana Rimu ( Bengali: রিমা সুলতানা রিমু; born c. 2002) is a Bangladeshi women's rights activists and advocate for gender-responsive humanitarian action in Cox's Bazar. She was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women for 2020.
Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat. She is currently the high representative of the United Nations for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UNOHRLLS). [1][2] Between 2019 and July 2022, she served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. [3][4] Prior ...
In 1975, Bangladesh was elected vice-president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. From 1976 to 1978, it also on several terms served as an elected member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) latest being for the term 2020–2022. In 1979, Bangladesh was elected to the United Nations Security Council.
Feminism in Bangladesh seeks equal rights of women in Bangladesh through social and political change. Article 28 of Bangladesh constitution states that "Women shall have equal rights with men in all spheres of the State and of public life". [1] Sculpture of Begum Rokeya at Burdhwan House, Bangla Academy. She was a pioneer of women's liberation ...
Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina Wazed[ a ] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [ 3 ][ 4 ] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh.
Gender inequality has been improving a lot in Bangladesh, inequalities in areas such as education and employment remain ongoing problems so women have little political freedom. In 2015, Bangladesh was ranked 139 out of 187 countries on the Human Development Index [ 1] and 47 out 144 countries surveyed on the Gender Inequality Index in 2017 ...
Khaleda Zia. Begum Khaleda Zia[a] (born August-September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician, who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. [3] She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto.