As U.S. citizens missed their chance to elect a woman for president for the first time in 2008, Bangladeshis elected a female prime minister past December for the fourth time. Sheik Hasina is currently one of 11 female heads of state worldwide according to the Council of Women World Leaders (Aspen Institute).
Bangladesh: Stine Eckert sums up the situation of women in Bangladesh
Published September 3, 2009
Stine Eckert, Pulitzer Student Fellow
Stine Eckert sums up the situation of women in Bangladesh after two weeks of interviews in Bangladesh: While a shift in the generation of current adult women and the chances their daughters will have seems to occur, some professional jobs such as journalism still remain macho realm.
Stine Eckert, Pulitzer Student Fellow
Student Fellow
Stine Eckert is a master's degree student in broadcast journalism at Ohio University. A native German, she came to Ohio two years ago after having studied journalism and American Studies at the...
