The highest number of female officials are currently serving in the country’s most crucial field administrative posts, including deputy commissioner (DC).

The Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, has categorically declared that no woman can ever occupy the party’s highest leadership position.

I felt the first premonition on the night of “July 36.” In a post-rebellion Dhaka, festive streets, no certainty of what lay beyond that night—but hope permeated the air that perhaps we could finally recalibrate and aim for a dignified future.

Across the world, women are underrepresented. Globally, fewer than one in four parliamentarians are women.

Bangladesh has raised the proportion of women on boards to nearly one in five seats, ahead of South Asia. Yet only 6 percent of independent directors are women. The task now is to build a credible pipeline of qualified women for oversight roles that protect accountability and market trust. The B

18 female DCs, 158 UNOs, and 14 Secretaries leading the way