Bangladesh is a special case, a special breed of internal monarchical democracy.
Two parties are locked in a power struggle, and the leaders of these parties happen to be heirs to the predecessors.
Most countries, although give women a great deal of Freedom, such as America or Switzerland, they do not tend to give them the top seat, perhaps in fear of losing the rigid nature of society that most people have so far been accustomed to.
Often, woman activists are not fighting for equality, but rather dominance over their counterparts.