Hana Shams Ahmed
Published in the One World South Asia on 8 October.
Anwara Begum’s new book takes a look at women in the Bangladesh media. She argues that TV ads don’t only sell products but also attitudes and in the process set standards of beauty and mannerism, as defined by men. This piece reflects on the stereotyping of women.
Categories: Women
Tazreena Sajjad
Published in the Daily Star Forum, May 2009.
This piece critiques male entitlement and looks to a more equal future.
Categories: Human Rights · Women
Fariha Sarawat
Published in the Daily Star Forum, May 2009.
This piece refuses to quietly ‘deal with it’.
Categories: Human Rights · Women
Naeem Mohaiemen
Published in the Daily Star on 11 April, 2009.
…there was a particular way that Taslima ignited passions. She was unique and necessary, in that Bangladesh of that time. That earlier role has evolved today not into any central feminist icon, but rather many activists, many movements. Working quietly and loudly, with negotiation and confrontation. For the rights of women on the factory floor, corporate office, university classrooms, home sweet home, and of course, the streets.
Categories: Human Rights · Women
