Bangladesh trails most South Asian nations in women’s workplace rights

Bangladesh lags behind all countries in South Asia, except Afghanistan, in reducing the gender gap and ensuring rights for women in the workplace.

Nepal (80.6), Bhutan (75.0), India (74.7), Sri Lanka (65.6), and Pakistan are all ahead of Bangladesh (49.4) in an index of eight indicators—mobility, workplace, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship,…