When Boys Suffer Sexual Violence: A Reality We Rarely Discuss
What happens when the victims of sexual violence are boys? Are their experiences being recognised, reported and addressed with the seriousness they deserve? Sexual violence in madrassahs is a long-standing concern … Read More »
Erectile Dysfunction: Why Is It Still So Difficult to Talk About?
What happens when a health problem becomes too embarrassing to even name? For many men, Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is not only a sexual health concern—it can become a source of shame, … Read More »
How Much Accessible Are MR Services to Garment Workers?
Approximately 1.73 million to 2.3 million women work in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector, making up roughly 52% to 55% of the total workforce of 3.3 million to 4.4 million. For … Read More »
Bangladesh is ready to Take Midwifery to the UN-General Assembly
A safe pregnancy should not depend on where a woman lives, how much her family earns or how far she must travel to reach a health facility. Yet for many women, … Read More »
The Missing Side of SRHR: Who Teaches Boys About Their Changing Bodies?
For many boys, growing up comes with questions that are rarely asked aloud. Why is the body changing? Is a particular change normal? Who can they ask without being laughed at? … Read More »
Someone Is Here To Listen: Awaz.bd’s New Effort to Document Child Sexual Abuse in Bangladesh
What happens when a child experiences sexual abuse but has no safe place to speak? Fear, shame, family pressure and uncertainty often keep these experiences hidden. As a result, police records, … Read More »
Govt. Contraceptive Supply will be Normal in 2/3 Months: What Bangladesh’s Family Planning System Needs to Fix Next?
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain told Parliament on 7 September that contraceptive and essential medicine supplies had fallen short of demand over the past three years, causing … Read More »
From 574 to 136 per Thousands: WHO Hails Bangladesh for Successfully Reducing Maternal Mortality
There was a time when giving birth in Bangladesh could be a matter of life and death in a way that is difficult to imagine today. In the mid-1980s, the country … Read More »
Menopause in Bangladesh: More Than a Biological Change
Menopause is often described as the moment a woman’s menstrual cycle ends. However, in practice, it is far more than that. It is a severe physical, emotional, and social transition. In … Read More »
বাংলাদেশে মেনোপজ: শুধু একটি শারীরবৃত্তীয় পরিবর্তন নয়
মেনোপজকে সাধারণত একজন নারীর মাসিক চক্রের সমাপ্তি হিসেবেই বর্ণনা করা হয়। কিন্তু বাস্তবে এটি তার চেয়ে অনেক বেশি কিছু। এটি একটি তীব্র শারীরিক, মানসিক ও সামাজিক পরিবর্তনের সময়কাল। বাংলাদেশে অধিকাংশ নারী … Read More »