Dear All,
Hearty greetings!
World Health Day today April 07, 2026. Highlighting the Day, my editorial has been published in the Daily Times of Bangladesh.
World Health Day 2026: Women’s mental health unnecessarily ignored
PARVEZ BABUL, The Daily Times of Bangladesh, April 07, 2026
https://tob.news/world-health-day-2026-womens-mental-health-unnecessaril...
... Women’s mental health in Bangladesh is a significant public health concern. They face a higher burden of mental health issues (21.5%) prevalence compared to men (15.7%). Anxiety and depression are the most common disorders, fueled by factors like domestic violence, child marriage, gender inequality, and high household and professional workloads. Risk factors include gender-based violence, low socioeconomic status, limited decision-making power, and high pressure from managing both household and professional work, particularly highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Best regards,
Parvez Babul
Journalist, columnist, feminist and researcher
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cell + WApp: +88017118020113.
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PARVEZ BABUL
Executive Editor: News Now Bangla ; Columnist to the mainstream English newspapers include the Daily Star, Daily Observer, Business Post among others;
Feminist Foreign Policy Fellow of IMPRI and Asia Foundation
General Secretary: Bangladesh Association for Social Communication (BASCOM);
Radio/ Audio and Video Storyteller, Award-winning Journalist, Poet, Author, Environment Activist.
Founding member of Zero Waste Journalists Network, GAIA, Asia Pacific;
Expertise: Project Management, Public Relations, Strategic Communications and Media consultant. My write up incorporated in the text curriculum at the Connecticut University, America. Title: Women Food Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh;
Media Fellow: ICIMOD Nepal; IDRC Canada; Asia-Europe Foundation-Singapore; Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), USA; GAIA Asia Pacific; PANOS South Asia, Nepal; and other globally reputed organizations;
Participation: COP 22 of UNFCCC in Morocco, 2016; International Conferences on Environment, Climate Change, Migration, Women, Disasters at home and abroad.
Cell phone and WhatsApp: : + 88-01711-802013;
Email: parvezbabul@gmail.com ; parveyzbabul@yahoo.com;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parvez.babul