Empowering Choice: Why Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Needs a Human Rights-Based Approach?
Moving beyond the traditional public health model, a rights-based approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) reframes the conversation, recognising that every individual has fundamental, non-negotiable human rights related … Read More »
Beyond the World Humanitarian Day: Why SRHR in Humanitarian Crises Cannot Wait?
Every year on 19 August, the world observes “World Humanitarian Day” to honour aid workers and raise awareness about the needs of people caught in crises. But for women, girls, and … Read More »
Eight Years at the Helm: Natalia Kanem on her Achievements and Challenges
Interview with Natalia Kanem, the Head of UNFPA Natalia Kanem, head of the United Nations sexual and reproductive rights agency UNFPA, is retiring from her long-standing position. After eight consecutive years … Read More »
Contraline Licenses “NES/T Gel”: A Short-term Game-Changer Male Contraceptive Option For Shared Family Planning
In a long-overdue breakthrough in the world of contraception, Contraline, Inc. has exercised its exclusive license option to develop and commercialize NES/T, the world’s most advanced male contraceptive gel. Developed by … Read More »
Globally 44%, Bangladesh 63%: Can We Hit the 70% WHO Breastfeeding Goal by 2030?
Every drop of breast milk is a gift of nature—packed with antibodies, nutrition, and love. But in today’s rapidly changing world, where time is tight and corporate interests loom large, breastfeeding … Read More »
Legal Blow to Anti-Abortion Push: Planned Parenthood Gets Legal Lifeline Against President Trump’s Restrictions
US Judge Blocks Trump-Backed Medicaid Cuts to Planned Parenthood, Defends Reproductive Health Rights In a landmark legal move that reignites the national debate over reproductive health and rights, a U.S. federal … Read More »
Eight Years to Justice: A Girl’s Death, A Nation’s Delay
On 28 July 2025, the Netrokona Women & Children Repression Tribunal delivered justice in a case that shocked the region: three men were sentenced to death for the gang rape of … Read More »
When the Liberty to Contraception Got Statued: $10M Worth USAID Funded Contraceptives Set to Burn in France, While 218M Women Still Lack Access
Nearly $10 million worth of U.S.-funded contraceptives—originally designated for low-income countries—are now being shipped from Belgium to France to be destroyed. The stock, which includes IUDs, implants, and birth control pills, … Read More »
Digital Dreams vs Real Barriers: With Only 22% of Rural Women Own Smartphones, Can Health Tech Solve Bangladesh’s SRHR Crisis?
In Bangladesh, where over 170 million people rely on a fragile public health system, the digital transformation of healthcare is no longer a futuristic ambition—it’s a present necessity. While the pandemic … Read More »
When Silence Hurts More: How Not Talking About Reproductive Health Threatens Bangladeshi Adolescent Girls’ Rights
How many more girls will bleed in fear, get married without knowing why their body hurts, or suffer silently through treatable conditions—just because no one talked to them? What are we … Read More »