The International Bill of Human Rights together with the CRPD provides a comprehensive charter, among other things, to be adopted by a ratifying state for a modern and non-discriminatory mental health system.

An intricately woven IT platform could incorporate electronic health records, digital payments and other technologies.

The questions the government should be asking is how the use of the internet can be made safer, the private data of the users be protected, and what infrastructural and policy reforms may be made to ensure that access to the internet can translate to its radical goals.

On March 28, the Bangladesh government approved the project titled “Cyber Threat Detection and Response” under which internet monitoring equipment will be installed by May of next year.

Physical injuries are some of the more visible, and at times most deadly, consequences of gender-based violence. But the long-term mental health consequences are often invisible and left untreated.

Within the last 5 years, thanks to political support and national education, autism awareness in Bangladesh has grown immensely.

The last time anyone involved in investigating Tonu's case gave any real updates was last June.

When buying a product in Bangladesh, apart from the usual concerns about its price and quality, consumers have to worry about whether the product they buy, including life-saving drugs and baby food, can cause actual harm to their health or even be fatal to them.

The future envisioned for humanity and our shared planet, across all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, rests on fully freeing women’s power and potential. It is time to act on the high ambitions of the 2030 Agenda and guarantee that every woman can thrive and contribute, including through decent, dignified work.

For the last few days, I have been thinking of a group of adolescent girls (studying in high school) whom I met in a char of Lalmonirhat district several years ago.

Oralia Ruano Lima was among the first women in her indigenous community to join an all-female entrepreneurship project as a beekeeper. Today the women beekeepers of Urlanta, a village in the south-eastern region of Guatemala, are bringing in sustainable jobs and income to their rural communities, and changing mindsets and attitudes towards women.

Lately, the world has tended to present itself in increasingly darker shades. In many places, democracy is questioned, women’s rights are threatened, and the multilateral system that has taken decades to build is undermined.

UN Women expert Shahra Razavi reveals the real value of unpaid care, and how we can reduce the burden on women by tackling entrenched stereotypes.

This International Women’s Day, let’s #beboldforchange, and make kicking like a girl a compliment.

On this International Women's Day, I want to remember Nasima, Dolly, Shyamoli and all those women who did not allow violence and discrimination to break them, but rather gave them strength to stand up and fight back.

No country can afford gender-based violence. In Bangladesh, the costs of gender-based violence are estimated at 2.1 percent of the country's GDP.

In absolute terms, women could earn countries in South Asia an additional 400 billion dollars in the next ten years! Clearly, women hold the key to economic success for South Asia: their empowerment can fuel further development.

Profit and ethics are both important for the sustainability of a business. But if we take the case of pharmaceutical companies as our

If you saw your father hit your mother, how would you feel? Or if you knew that your sister or daughter was being abused by her

On February 17 this year, much to the surprise of many Bangladeshis, especially those from the Hindu community, Pakistan's Senate...