Feb 12-18: SRH Week 2017
Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week) is an annual campaign promoting sexual and reproductive health which is hosted by Action Canada, an organization committed to advancing and upholding SRH … Read More »
Women empowerment through dutyfree access to US trade market
Bangladesh would be able to progress further in women empowerment if it can expand its trade in the US market added with the Duty Free Quota Free (DFQF) benefit. This was stated when … Read More »
MoU between IYAFP and SERAC-Bangladesh signed
The International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP) based in Washington DC in USA, and SERAC-Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support each other’s activities around young people’s … Read More »
CGTN: Improving gender equality for women in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is probably not a country leading in gender equality but a grassroots organization is doing a good job in empowering women, the CGTN America news channel reports. A grassroots organization … Read More »
Protecting Human Rights Programme: Voices from the Grassroots
On Feb 8, speakers at the closing ceremony of the “Protecting Human Rights Programme”, titled “Voices from the Grassroots” addressed the thousands of survivors that are currently victims of child marriage … Read More »
Workshop: Dairy Development and Women Empowerment
A day-long workshop on ‘Dairy Development and Women Empowerment’ was held recently in the city to promote dairy farming and women’s contribution to this sector. National Forum for Development of Women … Read More »
SHE DECIDES: DUTCH MINISTER STARTS GLOBAL FUND FOR FAMILY PLANNING
Dutch Minister Ploumen launched the global fundraising initiative SHE DECIDES. The response to my call has been beyond expectation, with many positive reactions from around the world, said Ploumen. The Dutch … Read More »
Barisal: Court sentences rapist to maximum punishment
A man in Barisal convicted of rape was sentenced in absentia to life-term imprisonment with an additional fine of Tk 50,000. Failure to pay the fine will lead to three more … Read More »
Fallacy: “Child marriage is legal in the UK, so why not in Bangladesh?”
Bangladesh has signed up to two international human rights conventions—on women’s rights and children’s rights—which define child marriage as being wed before the age of 18, and demand that the country … Read More »
What did we learn about Child Marriage in 2016?
As 2016 was a big year for research on child marriage, new data and analysis emerged. It helped build a deeper understanding of child marriage, its drivers and impact, as well … Read More »