Nicola Jones, Ingrid Sánchez Tapia, Sarah Baird, Silvia Guglielmi et al.
This article explores the social determinants of adolescents' access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It provides novel empirical data from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence longitudinal study, drawing on phone su...
Sohela Nazneen, Maheen Sultan
Sohela Nazneen, Naomi Hossain, Maheen Sultan
Summary As Bangladesh turns 40, improvements in women's wellbeing and increased agency are claimed to be some of the most significant gains in the post‐independence era. Various economic and social development indicators show that in the last 20 years, Bangladesh, a poor, Muslim‐majority country in ...
Sohela Nazneen, Maheen Sultan
* Introduction: Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts * Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan * 1. Well-Chosen Compromises? Feminists Legitimizing Voice in Bangladesh * Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan * 2. Feminisms in Brazil: Voicing and Channelling Women's Diverse Demands * Cecil...
Sarah Baird, Maureen Murphy, Jennifer Seager, Nicola Jones et al.
PURPOSE: Although there is a growing evidence base on the drivers of child marriage, comparatively little is known about the experiences of married girls in refugee settings and how their development trajectories diverge from those of their nonmarried peers, particularly in the context of the COVID-...
Sohela Nazneen, Akosua K. Darkwah, Maheen Sultan
Mahbub Alam, Maisha Binte Sultan, Maheen Mehnaz, Chowdhury Sharif Uddin Fahim et al.
Organic matter specifically food and vegetable waste contains the utmost proportion of the composition of solid waste in Bangladesh. It is estimated that the food waste generation rate of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) from its two major waste generation sources field mess and vista ca...
Andréa Cornwall, Jenny Edwards
* Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment * Andrea Cornwall and Jenny Edwards * 1.Legal Reform, Women's Empowerment and Social Change: The Case of Egypt * Mulki Al-Sharmani * 2.Quotas: A Pathway of Political Empowerment? * Ana Alice Alcantara Costa * 3. Advancing Women's Empowerment or Rolling Back th...
Sohela Nazneen, Maheen Sultan
By focusing on three different national level women's organisations in Bangladesh, this article looks at how the movements have used different strategies to become an effective voice for women's interests and empowerment at civil society and state levels. The importance of framing their issues in a ...
Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Rakesh Kumar, Shahida Sultana et al.
Srila Roy
* Foreword by Shirin M. Rai * Introduction: paradoxes and possibilities - Srila Roy * 1 Sex workers' rights and women's movements in India: a very brief genealogy - Svati P. Shah * 2 AASHA's approach to instituting sexual harassment legislation in Pakistan - Sadaf Ahmad * 3 Family law organizations ...
Sohela Nazneen, Maheen Sultan
Sohela Nazneen, Maheen Sultan, Naomi Hossain
Marjoke Oosterom, Lopita Huq, Victoria Flavia Namuggala, Sohela Nazneen et al.
There is a strong belief that employment is a crucial avenue for the empowerment of young women, through income, greater autonomy, and bargaining power within the family. However, experiences of workplace sexual harassment undermine these potential gains. This qualitative study among agro-processing...
Ameera Masoud, Tuuli Kurki, Kristiina Brunila
<italic>Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID 19 and South Asia</italic> examines how the South Asian region has confronted the challenges of safeguarding labour rights and ensuring health provisioning for workers during and right after the COVID 19 pandemic. Bringing together comparisons across countri...