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Updated 19 October 2026

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Opinion

Women are most of Bangladesh's farm workforce but missing from trade and market debates

In a Prothom Alo column, researcher Maha Mirza and women's rights activist Marzia Prova write that 17 million women work in Bangladesh's agriculture against 13 million men, yet rural women producers absorb the first shocks of seed, feed, credit and trade-deal decisions.

Prothom Alo19 October 20263 min read