A Brave Step
A 15 years old girl has stopped her marriage at Dhunot Upazilla, Bogura. The brave girl has threatened to commit suicide and later the marriage is stopped with the intervention of … Read More »
RCC Learning Workshop with Participants of SRHR and Law Courses 2016
The Recognizing Consent and Choice (RCC) project is led by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), in partnership with the BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC … Read More »
Call for Sessions/Workshops at BNYCFP2017
Academic institutions, research organizations, NGOs, youth organizations, regional and international organizations are strongly invited to submit proposals on sessions/workshops at the BNYCFP2017 coordinating with the conference themes and topics. Instructions for submitting … Read More »
Discussion panel on ‘Redefining Masculinity’ at BRAC center.
A discussion panel on ‘Redefining Masculinity’ has been held at BRAC Center on Sunday. The speakers have marked that the society full with the impunity is responsible for the current rise … Read More »
Child marriage’s impact on the national economy
World Bank analysis in “Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis Report’’ has suggested that Bangladesh could save 11.7% of its total education budget by 2030 by eliminating child marriage and … Read More »
Violence on running bus
Rupa Khatun, 27 years old girl has been raped by the bus driver and helpers while coming back from Bogra to Mymensingh and her dead body has been thrown in a … Read More »
Progress in gender parity
Bangladeshi women are breaking barriers in achieving gender equality. Six women have been employed at a refueling station in Narayanganj which sets a unique example of engaging women in non-traditional workplace. … Read More »
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 »
