Women’s Health
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Stories about Women’s Health
Bangladesh Women-Led NGOs Can Apply for Up to $50,000 in Flexible Climate-Resilience Funding
A new Resilience Fund round is offering women- and non-binary-led community organisations in Bangladesh two-year grants of US$15,000–$50,000. Unlike many donor calls, the funding is unrestricted and does not require applicants to invent a new standalone project.
If Women Have to Stop Drinking Water Before Leaving Home, the City Is Not Designed for Them
A new four-city investigation finds that women are rationing water because public toilets are too few, dirty or unsafe. Sanitation is not simply a hygiene issue—it determines how long women can work, travel, shop and occupy public space.
BUET Gets a Sanitary-Pad Vending Machine. Menstrual Access Should Be Standard Campus Infrastructure
Female students and staff at BUET’s Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department can now buy sanitary pads through a mobile-payment vending machine. One machine will not solve period poverty—but it shows how universities can make menstruation an ordinary infrastructure issue rather than an emergency women manage privately.
A 22-Year-Old Student Died of Dengue at Nine Months Pregnant. Bangladesh’s Surge Is Now a Maternal-Health Warning Too
Nur Jahan, a Cumilla college student who was nine months pregnant, died of dengue in Dhaka on Wednesday; her unborn child also died. Her death comes as Bangladesh records its highest daily dengue hospitalisations of 2026.
More Men Are Getting Dengue, but Women Are Dying at a Higher Rate
Women account for only 38.1% of Bangladesh’s reported dengue cases this year but 58.6% of deaths, according to DGHS data—a gender gap doctors say needs urgent attention even though its exact causes are not yet established.
Salty Water and Stress Are Emerging as a Dangerous Combination for Coastal Bangladeshi Women
New research from coastal Bangladesh suggests that women exposed to both highly saline drinking water and severe psychological distress may face substantially higher odds of hypertension, adding to growing evidence that climate change is becoming a direct women’s health issue.
Samia Afreen’s Second Cancer Diagnosis Highlights the Reality of Cancer Recurrence
Bangladeshi television presenter Samia Afreen has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a malignant tumour for a second time, bringing renewed attention to the emotional and medical realities faced by people living beyond an initial cancer diagnosis.
Bangladesh Health Experts Push for Full HPV Vaccination Coverage for 10-Year-Old Girls
Health authorities are calling for every eligible 10-year-old girl in Bangladesh to receive the HPV vaccine as the country works to prevent cervical cancer before adulthood.