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Jodie Foster. Photo: Collected

Jodie Foster happy to see more women in films: When I started it was just me and a bunch of guys

The actor-director has directed episodes of shows like House of Cards, Black Mirror and Orange Is the New Black

Workers at an RMG factory. File Photo: Mumit M.

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

‘Pandemic disproportionately affected women across all spheres’

Photographer: Sean Gardner/Getty Images via Bloomberg

Bloomberg Special

The pandemic was historically bad for working-class women

Digital Khichuri Challenge winners to ensure women’s participation in digital spaces

Digital Khichuri Challenge winners to ensure women’s participation in digital spaces

The number of citizens and residents in Qatar sank by 78,000 people between the end of March and October.Source: AFP/Getty Images

Rights group slams Qatar guardianship rules for women

Women rallied in Ankara against Erdogan's decree on 20 March. Photo: Reuters

Turkish women protest over Erdogan’s decision to exit domestic violence treaty

Police mulls changes in recruitment to increase number of women officers

Police mulls changes in recruitment to increase number of women officers

The single professional woman started here. Photo: Kean Collection via Bloomberg

How job-killing technologies liberated women

Call made to increase budget allocation to improve living standards of people with disabilities

Call made to increase budget allocation to improve living standards of people with disabilities

TBS Illustration.

Call to transform the disabled into wealth by utilising their talents

Health workers interact with residents during a door-to-door Covid-19 screening drive, at Dharavi, in Mumbai.(AFP File Photo)

Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 is 'most discriminatory crisis' for women: UN Women

Ahmad Tousif Jami and Nabila Tasneem Anonnya, research associate, Youth Policy Forum. Sketch: TBS

Economic inequality by gender: Women’s barriers to achieving an equal future