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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Development Partner Watch: the donors, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Government Watch
department
The department is focused on maintaining social protection and empowerment programs despite a reduction in the ministry's overall budget allocation for FY2026-27.
The Gender-responsive Coastal Adaptation (GCA) Project held its closing workshop in Dhaka.
DWA issued directives to continue operations of 4,883 adolescent clubs nationwide.
DWA published a recruitment circular seeking to fill 731 positions across six categories.
Minister Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain inspected DWA-run institutions and emphasized transparent beneficiary selection.
established_year set to 1990 (the year the Women Affairs Directorate was upgraded to a full Department), not 1984 (when the Directorate was formed) or 1972 (the Women Rehabilitation Board). Wikipedia article (stub, last revised April 20, 2026) lists DG as Parveen Akhter; Bangladesh Post (December 12, 2023) reports Kaya Khan appointed DG after gazette notification following Farida Parveen's OSD posting; BSS primary reporting (April 6, 2026) identifies Zinat Ara as Director General (Additional Secretary) presiding as chief guest at the GCA validation workshop -- this is the most recent primary-source confirmed name and is used here. DG appointment date unknown; head_since left null. OCC infrastructure count (14 One-Stop Crisis Centres, 67 One-Stop Crisis Cells) sourced from BSS January 2026 QRT announcement citing MoWCA figures; 8 Divisional DNA Screening Labs and National Forensic DNA Profiling Lab are MoWCA assets operated through DWA coordination. Maternity Allowance beneficiary figure of 7.70 lakh and Tk 800/month rate cross-verified across MoWCA March 2023 Presentation PDF and ILO-SPC Maternity Protection Study (September 2025). VWB 15-lakh beneficiary target for FY2025-26 from DATABD/NSSS sources. MoWCA total FY2025-26 budget Tk 5,078 crore confirmed via New Age BD and Daily Star; DWA-specific sub-allocation not found in public documents -- annual_budget_bdt and fy_budget_year left null at DWA level. Staff count not disclosed in any available primary source.