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Technology can accelerate gender equality: BGMEA President

Business

- Times Report - March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

Innovation and technology hold immense potential for accelerating gender equality and women's empowerment, which is a prerequisite for sustainable development in Bangladesh, said Faruque Hassan, President of BGMEA. "Digital technologies can offer solutions that can be used to meet women's needs and promote their empowerment. For example, digital literacy and skills

Full gender equality almost 300 years away at current rate of progress

Article

- Baher Kamal, IPS - September 17, 2022September 18, 2022

While women in rich societies are paid around 25% less than men for equal jobs, those living in impoverished countries receive by far much lower salaries, if any at all. Here are some facts. In its report: Why the majority of the world’s poor are women, a global movement of people

Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s first woman president

World

- Times Report - March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

Samia Suluhu Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president at State House, the government offices in Dar es Salaam, the country's largest city. Dressed in a hijab and holding up a Quran with her right hand, Hassan took the oath of office, administered