Shamsin Ahmed

"Mother I know three languages but I can’t find a job.”

In April last year, the “two-finger test” on rape victims was banned by the High Court of Bangladesh stating it had no scientific or legal basis. Rights activists have long been insisting that the “two-finger test” was irrational and tantamount to a second rape of the victim.

The predecessor of the SDGs was the MDGs, one of which was increasing equitable access to education. Bangladesh claimed to have achieved 100 percent primary education by the end of 2015 whereas it completely left out disabled children.

December is the month of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the Human Rights Day, but what do these signify and why are they failing to uphold their purposes?

Recently, I came across a friend's Facebook status that read: “The rain is supposed to bring forth life from land, and comfort our stressful minds. Not flood our cities and villages, nor wash away homes and livelihood.

Upon becoming a member of the Global Shaper's Hub of Dhaka, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, I began a

Anita's father holds up his eleven-year-old daughter with both hands under her arms -- supporting her to stand as his wife makes the