SDG Progress: Fragility, Crisis, and Leaving No One Behind

We are now 1,000 days into the SDGs. Unless significant progress is made in reaching the poorest and most marginalised people, including those who live in fragile settings and are affected … Read More »

Addressing the Loopholes of Female Education: A Study on the SSC and HSC Level Students of Rural Bangladesh

Holistic development of a country requires diligent participation from every section of people regardless of race,class or gender. In this respect, female education is considered as a dynamic ladder for human … Read More »

UNFPA State of the World Population 2019

It was 1969. World population reached 3.6 billion,up about 1 billion from only 17 years earlier. Fertility rates worldwide then were about double what they are today. In the least developed … Read More »

Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020

Families around the world look, feel, and live differently today. Families can be “make or break” for women and girls when it comes to achieving their rights. They can be places … Read More »

SDG Gender Index 2019

Equal Measures believes that real changes in gender equality laws, policies and budget allocations will follow if- • we provide increased access to data, analysis, and tools on the progress towards … Read More »

Taking the Lead

Research across 19 countries, involving close to 10,000 girls and young women, has taught us a lot about girls’ aspirations to lead: about what holds them back, what encourages them and … Read More »

Research on SRH of Rohingya Adolescents & Youth

Research on SRH of Rohingya Adolescents & Youth Previously, very little was known about the health, education, marriage patterns, maternal and sexual and reproductive health knowledge of the Rohingyas due to … Read More »

Health care seeking behaviour of people with physical disabilities in Bangladesh

People with disabilities constitute about 10% of the total population of Bangladesh. They are more likely to experience poor health than those without disabilities. However, there is a lack of evidence … Read More »

Health Care for People with disability in the South Asian Context

South Asia is a unique geopolitical region covering 3.4% of the world’s surface area and supporting 25% of the world’s population (1.75 billion). Available evidence from South Asia shows variable estimates … Read More »

Restricting women’s movement: Violence in transportation

In urban cities, more and more women have to venture out for education and employment. However, they are faced with violence while going about their daily life. Two researchers, one from … Read More »