Category: BDFA News
-
Bangladesh has Never Executed a Woman: Hasina’s Death Sentence Now Tests That Precedent
The death sentence issued against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has drawn new attention to a longstanding pattern in Bangladesh’s justice system: although more than one hundred women have received death sentences since independence, no woman has ever been executed, and Kashimpur Women’s Prison does not have a gallows. Prosecutors clarified this week that while…
-
Poet Sufia Kamal 20 June 1911-20 November 1999
Poet Sufia Kamal remains one of the rare figures in Bangladesh whose life held poetry, activism, and humanity in equal measure. She wrote of women’s lives with tenderness, but she also carried an unshakable political conscience that refused silence in the face of injustice. From the language movement to the liberation struggle, from women’s rights…
-
International’s Men’s day: Understanding the Day and the Conversation it Opens
International Men’s Day is observed every year on 19 November, though it often receives far less attention than other global commemorative days. The day was established in the late 1990s to draw attention to men’s health, emotional well-being, social expectations, and the pressures created by rigid gender roles. In many countries, discussions also include workplace…
Bangladesh Feminist Archives 