
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 »

42% Still Left Out of Modern Contraception: How Can Local Youth Activists Fix Bangladesh’s Reproductive Health Gap?
In a country where 71% of the population still lives in rural areas, ensuring equitable access to healthcare is more than a policy goal—it’s a lifeline. Bangladesh has pledged to achieve … 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 »

30,000 Women to Get Reproductive Health Care: icddr,b and Standard Chartered Launch Health Camps for Women in Vulnerable Areas
icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) and Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh have partnered to bring essential services to 30,000 women and adolescent girls in some of the country’s most … Read More »

Empowered Yet Underserved: What the Latest Data Tells Us About Women’s Empowerment and Contraception Use in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the intersection of women’s empowerment and access to modern contraception is gaining renewed attention, particularly as the country faces the dual pressures of rising gender inequality and climate-induced disruptions … 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 »

Justice delivered for Rape Survivor in Faridpur: Death Penalty and Compensation Signal Shift in Proper and Prompt Action
In a landmark ruling for child protection and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Bangladesh, a Faridpur court has sentenced a man to death for the rape of a … Read More »

3.6 Million Left Behind: Why Women with Disabilities Still Struggle for Basic Healthcare in Bangladesh
In a country striving to make healthcare inclusive and accessible for all, women with disabilities in Bangladesh continue to face some of the steepest barriers — from hospitals without ramps to … Read More »

Respectful, Safer Births Begin Here: UNFPA and DSCC Jointly Launched Bangladesh’s First Midwifery-Led SRHR Centre in Dhaka
In a significant step forward for maternal and reproductive health, UNFPA, in partnership with Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), inaugurated the first midwifery-led Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) Centre at Dhaka … Read More »

Paused Rights And Possible Consequences: 90% of Women’s Groups Hit by Fund Cuts—Who Will Fight for Our SRHR Now?
In what many experts are calling a “full-on assault” on gender equality, the United Nations has delayed four major women’s rights reports this year due to severe funding cuts. Among the … Read More »