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Bangladesh’s Islamist extremist resurgence has feminists raising the alarm

As right-wing Islamist extremist groups gain in Bangladesh, feminists are fighting for women’s rights and gender equality amid disappointment with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government

By Nawshin Flora
A woman protester during Bangladesh's 2024 protests in the foreground, with members of the Jamaat-e-Islami and their women's wing in the background on a chessboard
In Bangladesh, parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami are deploying female cadres in an attempt to redefine the concept of equal rights within a hardline Islamist framing – and feminists face the challenge of mounting a response. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, Unsplash, and X; composite image by Manna Phanjoubam
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