10.02.2025The End of Sheikh Hasina’s Era: Is women leadership in Bangladesh at risk?

Besides experiencing the longest-serving female prime ministers, Bangladesh is doing better in the gender equality index. However, only appointing women in different positions does not necessarily bring a gender transformative change. Women frequently operate within patriarchal and neoliberal logic, inadvertently reinforcing patriarchal and capitalist practices rather than challenging them.

by Jinat Hossain