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👉 "As women become less willing to shrink themselves or accept unfair arrangements, the conversation quickly shifts towa...
11/05/2026

👉 "As women become less willing to shrink themselves or accept unfair arrangements, the conversation quickly shifts toward what men are supposedly losing...For generations, women have been told to mould themselves into someone else’s definition of “wife material”. They were expected to serve endlessly, remember everything, and still fall short of an ever-moving standard. Many women are simply choosing not to play that game anymore. Because our minds were never meant to be storage units for everyone else’s expectations."
- Maliha Tamanna

👉 Read the full blog: https://www.swayong.org/post/women-s-brains-the-free-rental-space-men-never-pay-for

শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪৩৩! 🎨🇧🇩👉 আবার ঢাকের গুড়গুড় শব্দ আর আলপনার রঙে রঙিন হয়ে উঠেছে আমাদের রাজপথ। তবে, এই বছরের উদযাপন একটু ভিন্ন,...
14/04/2026

শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪৩৩! 🎨🇧🇩

👉 আবার ঢাকের গুড়গুড় শব্দ আর আলপনার রঙে রঙিন হয়ে উঠেছে আমাদের রাজপথ। তবে, এই বছরের উদযাপন একটু ভিন্ন, কারণ আমাদের প্রাণের মিছিল এবার নতুন এক নাম নিয়ে পথচলা শুরু করেছে ‘বৈশাখী শোভাযাত্রা’।

👉 ‘আনন্দ’ থেকে ‘মঙ্গল’, ফের আবার আনন্দ আর এখন ‘বৈশাখী’; সময়ের সাথে সাথে আমাদের এই ঐতিহ্যের নাম বারবার পরিবর্তিত হয়েছে। উৎসবের উজ্জ্বলতা বা শিল্পকলার সেই অনন্য সৃষ্টির ধরন হয়তো অপরিবর্তিত রয়ে গেছে, কিন্তু আমাদের কি কখনো থমকে দাঁড়িয়ে ভাবা উচিত নয় যে একটি নাম বদলালে কী কী পরিবর্তন ঘটে? নাম কি কেবল একটি শব্দ, নাকি এর গভীরত্বে লুকিয়ে আছে আমাদের সংগ্রামের ইতিহাস ও পরিচয়ের শিকড়? এই পরিবর্তন কি আমাদের সবাইকে আরও একত্র করবে, নাকি আমরা অজান্তেই আমাদের উত্তরসূরিদের সামনে ইতিহাসের ভিন্ন কোন গল্প লিখে যাচ্ছি?

হয়তো কিছুই বদলায়নি, আবার হয়তো সবকিছুই বদলে গেছে। এই প্রশ্নের উত্তর আজ আমাদের কাছে নেই; কেবল সময়ই তা জানাবে।

👉 আসুন, আজ শিকড় উদযাপন করি এবং একই সাথে আমাদের আত্মপরিচয়কে সচেতনভাবে ধারণ করি। এই নতুন বছরটা হোক সাম্য, শিল্প আর ঐক্যের। স্বয়ং এর পক্ষ থেকে সকলকে 'শুভ নববর্ষ'।

লেখা: নুজহাত

🚨 The death of a 10-year-old girl in Barisal’s Babuganj, allegedly set on fire after refusing inappropriate advances, un...
18/03/2026

🚨 The death of a 10-year-old girl in Barisal’s Babuganj, allegedly set on fire after refusing inappropriate advances, underscores the rising crisis of child abuse in Bangladesh. This is not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern of sexual violence rooted in patriarchal norms and entitlement. A child lost her life because she exercised refusal, a basic human right. This is not merely an act of brutality; it is a manifestation of entitlement shaped by patriarchal norms, where even young girls are not spared from aggression and control.

⚖️ Despite existing laws, gaps in prevention, protection, and accountability remain stark. Victims are often silenced, while perpetrators are excused, reflecting deep societal failures and lack of consent education. Such incidents underscore how society continues to normalize control over female bodies while silencing victims and excusing perpetrators. Government interventions, while present on paper, remain insufficient in addressing both root causes and systemic failures.

❗️A child should not have to die to prove that violence is real. Without a collective shift in societal attitudes and institutional accountability, such tragedies risk becoming a recurring reality rather than an urgent exception.

Written By: Sumia Islam

🔥The second edition of Swayong Revolt, a magazine published by Swayong, returns with even stronger voices and powerful e...
08/03/2026

🔥The second edition of Swayong Revolt, a magazine published by Swayong, returns with even stronger voices and powerful expressions.

🔥Dedicated to amplifying voices against social injustices, this edition brings together stories, art, and reflections that question oppressive systems and encourage meaningful conversations. Every contribution adds to a growing collective voice that refuses silence and believes in the power of words and ideas to inspire change.

👉 This Women’s Day, Swayong asks questions. How many more women and girls must suffer before justice becomes more than a...
08/03/2026

👉 This Women’s Day, Swayong asks questions. How many more women and girls must suffer before justice becomes more than a promise?How many more girls must lose their futures before we act with urgency?

👉 Last month alone, 183 cases of violence against women and children were recorded by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. Over the last week, three r**e incidents involving minors were reported. One child was r**ed and killed. In another case, a family member of a survivor was murdered while trying to stop the perpetrators. On March 1, a seven-year-old girl was found dead at Sitakunda Eco Park, her throat slit. Police say she was subjected to attempted r**e.

👉 These women, these lives lost are not just numbers. To us they shouldn’t be. They were people, living, breathing, who had their whole lives ahead of them. They had dreams, laughter, friendships, ambitions, futures waiting to unfold. They had so much to give to the world. And yet those futures were violently stolen.

👉 Still, the responses we hear are delayed, vague, and evasive. Ordinances are announced, promises are made, but justice remains painfully distant. The complexities and loopholes of the law hardly deliver accountability. According to the R**e Reform Coalition, 10,000 r**e cases have remained unresolved in the last five years. Ain o Salish Kendra recorded 776 r**e cases between February 2025 and February 2026.

👉 Even in power structures, women remain pushed to the margins, only seven women were directly elected to Parliament in the 13th National Election held in February 2026. In fact, in the UN Gender Inequality Index 2025, Bangladesh ranks 131 out of 162 countries, revealing deep and persistent gaps in women’s health, empowerment, and participation in the labor market.

👉 This is not just about crime. This is about a system that continues to fail women. This Women’s Day, we refuse empty slogans and symbolic gestures. We refuse to accept a reality where girls grow up learning fear before freedom. Because every unresolved case, every delayed investigation, every silence from those in power tells women the same thing: their lives can wait. They cannot.

👉 Women and girls in Bangladesh deserve justice that is swift, protection that is real, and a society that refuses to tolerate violence. This Women’s Day, we are not asking politely. We are demanding change. And we demand it Now!

Written by: Jarin Rafiza

🇧🇩 Women were never safe in any regime.👉A week back, the newly formed administration was viewed with high anticipation b...
04/03/2026

🇧🇩 Women were never safe in any regime.

👉A week back, the newly formed administration was viewed with high anticipation by the masses. Yet the proliferation of r**e culture remains uninterrupted. While our country continues to be plagued by r**e, the “interns of patriarchy” never fail to divert the issue by manufacturing trivial narratives. The indiscriminate eyes of rapists refuse to see any difference between a seven-year-old and a mother of two.

👉This cascade of violence began when a teenager was abducted and gang-r**ed in Narshingdi. This Sunday, Sitakunda witnessed a nerve-wracking incident: a pe*****le attempting to slit a child’s throat after ra**ng her. Two days later, a housewife in Ukhiya was r**ed and killed by an intruder.

👉The gruesome nature of these incidents, matched only by law enforcement’s sheer reluctance, continues to exasperate the public. What better way to set the stage for a monumental International Women’s Day this year?

Written by: Munasib

👉Swayong is looking for stories, opinions, poems, essays, and powerful artworks for the second edition of Revolt that re...
24/02/2026

👉Swayong is looking for stories, opinions, poems, essays, and powerful artworks for the second edition of Revolt that reflect the struggles and strength of women and marginalized communities.

📌 Submission Deadline: March 3, 2026
📩 Submit at: [email protected]

✒️ ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারি জাতি হিসেবে আমাদের আত্মপরিচয়ের দিন। ১৯৫২ সালের এই দিনে মাতৃভাষা বাংলার মর্যাদা রক্ষার দাবিতে রাজপথে...
21/02/2026

✒️ ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারি জাতি হিসেবে আমাদের আত্মপরিচয়ের দিন। ১৯৫২ সালের এই দিনে মাতৃভাষা বাংলার মর্যাদা রক্ষার দাবিতে রাজপথে দাঁড়িয়েছিলেন তরুণ ছাত্ররা। রাষ্ট্রভাষা হিসেবে বাংলাকে অস্বীকার করার প্রতিবাদে গুলিবিদ্ধ হয়ে শহীদ হন সালাম, বরকত, রফিক, জব্বার, শফিউর এবং আরও অনেক নাম, যাদের ইতিহাস ও ত্যাগ ধীরে ধীরে ভুলে যেতে বসেছি আমরা।

▪️সরকারি হিসেবে ভাষা আন্দোলনে অন্তত পাঁচজন শহীদের নাম নথিভুক্ত হলেও, প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীদের মতে এই সংখ্যা আরও বেশি। ভাষার জন্য জীবন দেওয়ার এই ঘটনা পৃথিবীর ইতিহাসে বিরল, যার স্বীকৃতিস্বরূপ ১৯৯৯ সালে ইউনেস্কো ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারিকে আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস হিসেবে ঘোষণা করে।

✒️আমাদের কথা বলার অধিকার, নিজের ভাষায় ভাবার স্বাধীনতা একসময় ছিল কেবল একটি দুরূহ স্বপ্ন। যে ভাষার জন্য এত মানুষ প্রাণ দিয়েছে, যে ভাষার জন্য লড়াই থেকে শুরু হয় স্বাধীন দেশের চেতনা, সেই ভাষার প্রতি সম্মান রেখে চলুন। আজ থেকে অন্যায়ের বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ হোক নিজের ভাষায়। আজ ‘আজাদি’ নয়, বলি স্বাধীনতা। আজ ‘ইনকিলাব’ নয়, বলি বিপ্লব।

▪️তাই এই ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারিতে, ফুল দিয়ে শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি দেওয়ার পাশাপাশি আসুন আমরা সেই সাহসটাকেই বাঁচিয়ে রাখি। কারণ ভাষা আন্দোলন আমাদের শিখিয়েছে মাথা নত না করতে, অন্যায়ের সামনে নীরব না থাকতে।

লেখা: তানজিনা রহমান

👉 "In recent campaigns, we’ve seen contrasting promises aimed at women. Where BNP has proposed introducing a “family car...
08/02/2026

👉 "In recent campaigns, we’ve seen contrasting promises aimed at women. Where BNP has proposed introducing a “family card”, the other party Jamaat has promised to reduce working hours. On the surface, both are framed as reforms meant to support women but their implications are fundamentally different. The enforcement of long term impact of any such proposal will decide the outcome but now is the moment to decide which direction we choose to move in."
- Khandoker Asif Mohammad

👉 Read the full blog: https://www.swayong.org/post/women-s-participation-in-national-election-2026-is-mandatory

👉"In a viral Al Jazeera interview this week, Shafiqur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, was asked if a w...
07/02/2026

👉"In a viral Al Jazeera interview this week, Shafiqur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, was asked if a woman could ever lead his party. His answer was a blunt "No."

If a party believes that half of the population is fundamentally "different" and therefore unequal in law and leadership just because they can give birth, then that party can never truly represent us."
-Nujhat Jabin Sumaiya

👉Read the full blog: https://www.swayong.org/post/the-mommy-trap-pink-toilets-a-political-party-s-unsolicited-gifts-to-the-women-of-bangladesh

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