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Introduction: Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts / Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan -- 1. Well-Chosen Compromises? Feminists Legitimizing Voice in Bangladesh / Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan -- 2. Feminisms in Brazil: Voicing and Channelling Women's Diverse Demands / Cecilia M.B. Sardenberg and Ana Alice Alcantara Costa -- 3. The South African Revolution: Protracted or Postponed? / Gertrude Fester -- 4. Voicing Autonomy through Citizenship: The Regional Nationality Campaign and Morocco / Alexandra Pittman and Rabéa Naciri -- 5. Motivated by Dictatorship, Muted by Democracy: Articulating Women's Rights in Pakistan / Afiya Shehrbano Zia -- 6. Feminist Voices and the Regulation, Islamization and Quango-ization of Women's Activism in Mubarak's Egypt / Mariz Tadros -- 7. The Many Faces of Feminism: Palestinian Women's Movements Finding a Voice / Elieen Kuttab.

This article provides a grounded example of backlash in action surrounding the implementation of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010 in Bangladesh. While formulation and enactment of the law marked significant achievements, its implementation has been weak. Unlike conventional analyses that concentrate on backlash in gender equality policy formulation, this study focuses on the obstacles encountered during the implementation phase. Through in‑depth interviews with advocates and stakeholders responsible for implementation, the article examines their attitudes and interests concerning the law and women's rights to life, dignity, and bodily integrity. Prevailing gender norms perpetuate the trivialisation of domestic violence, framing it as a personal issue of minimal importance. Consequently, service providers tend to delegitimise and deprioritise it. This article investigates the strategies and tactics of deliberate inaction employed by backlash proponents, which is different from lack of capacity, and explores the counter‑strategies deployed by advocates aiming to ensure the Act's effective implementation.

AbstractBangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls' education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences in motivations, retention, and access to education for adolescents living in urban slums. This article draws on quantitative and qualitative data collected in 2017 and 2018 by Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) with adolescents aged 10–17 across three low-income areas in Dhaka to explore adolescent educational attainment, aspirations, and environmental factors that constrain both. We find high educational and professional aspirations among adolescents and their parents, with parental support being an important predictor of both current enrolment and adolescent aspirations. Location is also an important predictor of adolescent aspirations and enrolment, highlighting the importance of infrastructure and services, integration into the city, and stability of the community (including schools and facilities), along with higher incomes and better employment opportunities for households.

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today but also provide a window into the future for all of us. This book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations' Agenda 2030 commitment to "leave no-one behind". Contributors explore a wide range and complexity of pressing global issues, with emphasis given to excluded and vulnerable populations and gender inequality. Importantly, it sets out actionable strategies for policymakers and practitioners to help strengthen the global Sustainable Development Goals framework, accelerate their implementation and improve the construction of effective public policy