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 »
From Isolation to Safe Delivery: Indigenous Midwives Transforming Maternal Health Equity in Khagrachari
In the steep, forested hills of Khagrachari’s Keyangghat Union, the act of childbirth has carried high risk—for women like Fatema Akter, giving birth alone at home was accepted as fate: “I … Read More »
From Flooded Clinics to Policy Tables: SEARC Bangladesh held a youth-led workshop on “Connecting Youth Organizations to Enhance Access to SRHR Services and Climate Resilience”
In a powerful gathering that amplified youth voices from climate-vulnerable communities across Bangladesh, SERAC-Bangladesh recently hosted a high-impact national workshop on “Connecting Youth Organizations to Enhance Access to SRHR Services and … 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 »
Fighting GBV in Campuses: SVRI Is Offering SRHR Research Grant 2026 To Tackle GBV in higher education institutions (HEIs)
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) now invites applications for its SVRI Grant 2026, a new funding stream addressing gender‑based violence (GBV) in higher education institutions (HEIs)—especially within STEM disciplines in low‑ … 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 »
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 »