Where Youth Voices Met Purpose: A Look Back at INFIX * SRHR Campus Conversations-Ideas Into Action
On 30 December 2025, the final day of INFIX * SRHR Campus Conversations: Ideas into Action, was held, with a seminar titled ‘Communicating SRHR: From Classroom to Campus Culture.’ The programme culminated in a combined live pitch showcase, seminar, and award ceremony, designed to connect student innovation with expert learning and reflection seamlessly. At the heart of the programme was an idea pitch competition to communicate SRHR for change on campus culture and consent, designed for BRAC University students.
Previously, teams submitted concise abstracts outlining an SRHR or consent-related issue on campus, their proposed communication or advocacy idea, the intended audience, and expected impact. From these submissions, three teams were shortlisted to present their ideas in the seminar on 30th December.
The day began with the final live pitch session, where the three finalist teams, GreenFlag, Athena and Team Athena’s Apostoles, presented their communication-based ideas addressing campus culture and consent. Team Athena’s Apostoles’ presentation titled ‘Safespace4U,’ focused on a campaign and policy-focused hybrid communication model that embeds consent education into everyday campus life. It combines a university-specific digital platform (website and mobile application) with structured offline engagement. Team GreenFlag’s project focused on an undergraduate audience, in particular first-year students who may be negotiating unfamiliar social norms. The project sought to normalise the dialogue on SRHR by making consent “cool” and aspirational.
Team Athena case, ‘Project Resilience: Redefining SRHR as well as cultivating respect through resilience in campus life,’ was a multi-layered communication system organised in order to foster an environment along with a culture of consent across campuses through six distinctive strategies.
The pitches were followed by feedback from the judges and a moderated Q&A, allowing students to engage directly with practitioners and experts before final deliberation. The Judge board included Lamisa Sadaf, App Engagement Manager, RYZE, Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd; Rifa Tamanna, Project Manager, Share-Net Bangladesh, who also served as the moderator of the seminar; Samiul Islam, Deputy Director, Operations, RedOrange Limited and Refat Ara Jerin, Lecturer, Dept. of Media and Communication, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Independent University of Bangladesh.
Following the pitch session, the programme transitioned into a thematic plenary discussion involving a comprehensive discussion, focusing on how communication can shape safer, more inclusive, and consent-positive campus cultures. The panellists included the four aforementioned judges. Rifa Tamanna, the moderator of the plenary, congratulated the three finalists as well as all the teams that participated. She further delved into the intricacies of SRHR and consent and how these are of paramount importance to the overall well-being of our society.
Refat Ara Jerin followed with a presentation on communication and consent. The presentation set the tone of the plenary and reflected on how we can effectively communicate and maximise efficiency in our campus culture. Lamisa Sadaf enlightened everyone on the role of digital space in campus culture and consent. She reflected on how the digital space can play such a huge role in the SRHR landscape and the broader health sector.
Samiul Islam followed with an interactive discussion with the audience and his fellow plenary members on how the youth is the key as we move forward. ‘We know the theories and the modalities. However, it is you, the youth, who are the key to the realisation of all these ideas,’ he said.
The panellists collectively encouraged the teams not to lose these ideas, whether or not they won that day and reiterated Share-Net Bangladesh’s commitment to realising these ideas and making them a reality.
The evening concluded with a note of thanks from Redwan Rahman, President of IABC at BRAC University, followed by a formal awards and recognition ceremony where the winning teams were announced. GreenFlag won the competition, and Team Athena were recognised as the Runners-up, with both teams awarded with prize money. Finally, a token of appreciation was given to the honourable judge and panellists as a recognition of their brilliant and insightful roles in the event.
So one might ask, did 30th December mark the end of INFIX * SRHR Campus Conversations: Ideas into Action? The answer is negative. To extend impact beyond the event period, the three finalists will be offered post-event mentorship opportunities throughout January 2026. Facilitated by Share-Net Bangladesh and RedOrange Communications, this mentorship will support refinement of communication strategies, strengthening storytelling and campaign design and exploring opportunities for visibility, scaling, or future collaboration.
INFIX × SRHR Campus Conversations: Ideas into Action positioned communication as a powerful tool for social change. By combining youth-led competition with expert dialogue and continued mentorship, the initiative played a brilliant role in the effort of turning campuses into spaces where ideas are not only expressed but also activated.