The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. This article … Read More »
Experiencing shame: An affective reading of the sexual and reproductive health and rights classroom in Bangladesh
This paper looks at how shame functions in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the classrooms for 13–19 year-olds in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Using the theoretical … Read More »
Increasing access to safe menstrual regulation services in Bangladesh by offering medical menstrual regulation
In spite of wide availability of menstrual regulation services, women often resort to a variety of medicines for inducing abortion. The Bangladeshi Government is now supporting attempts to investigate the introduction … Read More »
A narrative review of the literature on the reproductive health of female sex workers having age below twenty years
Objective: Female sex workers (FSWs) under 20 years of age range from 1,000 to 575,000 in different cities and countries across the globe. There is only a handful of information on the … Read More »
The use of educational strategies for promotion of knowledge, attitudes and contraceptive practices among teenagers – A randomized clinical trial
Abstract Objective To evaluate two educational interventions and identify differences between them in what concerns the promotion of knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to the pill and male condom. Methods … Read More »
Inclusion of Sex Education in School Curriculum of Bangladesh: Parents’ Attitude
The study examined the attitude of Bangladeshi parents’ regarding inclusion of sex education in school curriculum of Bangladesh. Using 21 topics of comprehensive sexuality education, parents were asked to explore which … Read More »
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH: INVESTIGATING THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
The aim of this study was to assess whether women’s empowerment ensures reduced intimate partner violence (IPV). The differential relationship between women’s empowerment and IPV among married women in Bangladesh was … Read More »
Modern Contraceptive Use among Married Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
Bangladesh ranks second in the world for greatest number of pregnancies by age 18. Modern contraceptive use among married adolescent girls is low at 47%, whereas the rate of unintended pregnancy … Read More »
Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Asia: A Regional Brief
Over 60% of the world’s young people between the ages of 15-24 live in the Asia-Pacific region, where in some countries, young people now account for almost a third of the … Read More »
AIDS Education for Secondary School Children
The evidences of AIDS crisis, are found everywhere on the globe. A global confessionabout this came in the final report of 14th International conference, on HIV/ AIDS, Barcelona,Spain in 2002. “The … Read More »
