25th anniversary special part-4
Silver jubilee special / Addressing poverty, inequality and climate change
The outcome document of Rio+20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, 20 years after the Earth Summit was held
Silver jubilee special / Food security prospects
Bangladesh has made substantial progress in enhancing food security by increasing production of food grains, particularly rice and by
Silver jubilee special / The dark horse, not the black sheep
Sustainable development goal 2, is a call to action for leaders in agriculture. As a green nation, Bangladesh has no reason, or excuse,
Silver jubilee special / Nutritional security through bio-fortified zinc rice
Bangladesh agriculture has contributed to achieving food self sufficiency through production of about 38 million tons of food grain.
Silver jubilee special / Food security: It's not only about production
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain healthy and
Women's economic empowerment to reduce violence
Although women constitute half of Bangladesh's population of approximately 160 million, unfortunately they are not as empowered as their male counterparts.
Liberty and equality in education, health and wealth
Marie Antoinette famously asked the French poor to “eat cake” if bread was not available. Social disparities leading to a famine caused by rising bread prices, had hit the poor poorly. On 5th October 1789 women, unable to feed their families and outraged by the chronic shortage of bread, converged in the market place of Paris
Emerging women SME entrepreneurs
It is heartening to note that despite many barriers, a new women's entrepreneur class in the Small and Medium sector has developed in the country taking on the challenge to work in a male-dominated, competitive and complex economic and business environment. It has been found that at present women entrepreneurs
