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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 ...
Ethnic minorities of Bangladesh[1] or loosely termed minority people of Bangladesh are ethnic minorities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (southeastern), Sylhet Division (northeastern), Rajshahi Division (west), and Mymensingh Division (north-central) areas of the country. They are assumed as ethnic group and the tribal races, total population of ...
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 ...
Wasfia Nazreen (Bengali: ওয়াসফিয়া নাজরীন) is a Bangladeshi mountaineer, activist, environmentalist, [1] social worker and writer. [2]Nazreen is the first Bengali and Bangladeshi to scale K2, the world's second highest and most dangerous peak [3] [4] becoming one of the 40 women in history since 1954 to have successfully scaled K2.
Kalpana Chakma. Kalpana Chakma was a human rights activist and feminist from Bangladesh [1] who held the position of Organizing Secretary of the Hill Women's Federation. She and her two brothers were abducted on 12 June 1996 from her home at Lallyaghona village allegedly by the members of the Bangladesh Army. Kalpana Chakma is still missing. [2]
Chakma people. Chakma lady in traditional attire . Colour-coded map of the districts of Chittagong Division in Bangladesh, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Khagrachhari, Rangamati, and Bandarban districts) on the easternmost border to India and Myanmar. The Chakma people or Changhma people (Chakma:𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦), are an ethnic ...
Hajong women can be easily identified by their brightly striped red dress called Pathin. Traditionally, and in many present-day villages, women are accomplished weavers who weave their own dresses. [35] The Hajongs make it compulsory for every woman to know the art of weaving, which is regarded as a qualification for a woman for marriage. [36]
Chitranibha Chowdhury. Chitranibha Chowdhury (27 November 1913 – 9 November 1999) was a twentieth-century Indian artist, a member of the Bengal School of Art, and one of the first female painters in Bengal. She created over a thousand artworks, including landscapes, still lifes, decorative art, murals, and portraits.