Orthoniti'r Barota on women's economic challenges

How the Women’s Commission Report reflects lived realities, and what structural reforms are necessary to ensure women's economic empowerment

Rubaiyat Sarwar anchored. The other participants were Shehzad Arefin, Nazrina Haque and Mariha Tahsin.

Also, happening tomorrow, please attend if you are in Dhaka.

Further reading

• The informal sector: Compounding the damage of Covid-19

  Franziska Ohnsorge, Shu Yu, M. Ayhan Kose, 27 Jan 2022

• The Patrilocal Trap

  Alice Evans, 25 Dec 2023

• How motherhood hurts careers

  The Economist, 30 Jan 2024

• Breaking barriers: Nepali female leaders driving change

  Hemant Ojha, Priyanka Gurung, Basundhara Bhattarai, 13 March 2025

• Child marriage in Bangladesh: A crisis driven by poverty and social norms

  Nasif Tanjim, 16 March 2025

• Why is Indian Women's Welfare Devalued?

  Alice Evans, 25 March 2025

• পুরুষের কলমে নারীর ভাগ্য লেখা বন্ধ হোক

সুস্মিতা এস. পৃথা, 11 May 2025

• The hidden cost of a firstborn daughter in Africa

Garance Genicot and Maria Hernandez-De-Benito, 3 June 2025