Urgency of safe flood shelters for women and girls
During any natural disaster like flood, women and children fall victim to sexual harassment. In a convention on social safety net program implementation policy at the CIRDAP, State Minister for Women … Read More »
Primitive mindset on female infanticide
Female infanticide is still prevailing in our society which is the manifestation of patriarchal mindset of preferring son. In a study in 2006 with 850 families conducted by Promoting Human Rights … Read More »
Right Activists question the Child Marriage Restraint Act
Human rights activists gathered in an event by Tripping Point project of Care Bangladesh at BRAC center where they discussed about the drawbacks of Child Marriage Restraint Act which passed in … Read More »
Hurry up to join at South-Asia partnership Bangladesh
Position no: Union Coordinator Job Description/ Responsibility : Monitoring and supervise listing young people of age group 10-24 years including married, pregnant, couple. Technical support in taking session on SRHR issues. … Read More »
Child Marriage Rate drops in Bangladesh
A multimedia campaign on ending child marriage has been launched nationwide by Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. UNICEF, UNFPA, and Government of Canada are giving the technological and financial support … Read More »
Dialogue on “Raise Your Voice, Break the Silence: Right to Consent and Choice and Gender Based Violence”
This dialogue between university students, academics, researchers, young film makers, story writers, and women’s rights activists aimed to create a space for young people to share their thoughts and experiences related … Read More »
Silencing of indigenous voice
Kapeeng Foundation, an indigenous rights organization has found that between 2013 and 2017, there have been 364 cases of human rights violation against indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh. Between January … Read More »
Rights of the indigenous people in Bangladesh is unprotected
Bangladesh as a land of cultural and ethnic diversity has 54 groups of ethnic people living mostly at the North and South-East part of the country. According to 2011 consensus, indigenous … Read More »
Political party’s involvement in sexual violence
The ruling Awami League’s associate organizations have attempted several sexually violent incidents in the country. On last Tuesday the Bogra town Sramik League convener has abducted a girl and raped her. … Read More »
World Bank is funding Bangladesh to strengthen health facilities
The World Bank has allocated 570 million dollars for two projects in Bangladesh for improving health, nutrition and population services to strengthen public procurement. “The World Bank and the (Bangladesh) government … Read More »
