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 »
যৌন ও প্রজনন স্বাস্থ্য কি শুধু নারীদের আলোচনার বিষয়?
আমরা নারীদের প্রজনন স্বাস্থ্য নিয়ে কথা বলি। কিন্তু পুরুষদের? ৪৫ থেকে ৫৫ বছর বয়সী নারীদের মধ্যে Menopause-এর বিষয়টি সম্পর্কে অধিকাংশ মানুষই জানেন। কিন্তু একই বয়সী পুরুষদের মধ্যেও যে Andropause নামে … Read More »
Is Sexual and Reproductive Health Only a Women’s Issue?
We Talk About Women’s Reproductive Health. But What About Mens’? While the majority of the population is aware of Menopause which affects women between the age of 45 and 55, many … Read More »