Women empowerment a prerequisite to address HIV/ AIDS epidemic

Women and girls suffer unequal burden of HIV/AIDS due to existing gender inequalities. The paper examines the causes behind them and serves as an eye opener for the policy makers and … Read More »

More stress should be given to educate on transmission and prevention in case of HIV/ AIDS

Young people are most vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Bangladesh. Lack of knowledge about reproductive health issues is also common in this … Read More »

Mass media exposure can improve AIDS awareness

Awareness is the key to prevention of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). To assess the AIDS awareness among ever-married men in Bangladesh, 5 researchers from Gazi Medical College, Khulna and MH Samorita … Read More »

Sexually Harassing Behavior Against Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh

This study was conducted by researchers at icddrb. The paper examines the extent and type of sexually harassing behavior or intimidations unmarried adolescent girls experienced on their way to school, college … Read More »

Contextualising sexual harassment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh

Researchers from Newcastle University, Rutgers in the Netherlands and Amsterdam University came together to collaborate in this paper. This paper aims to contextualize a particular form of sexual harassment, namely “eve … Read More »

Women with infertility develop anxiety as a result of harassment from family members

Researchers from Armed Forces Medical College and Anwar Khan Modern Medical College collaborated on a paper which examined the psychological impacts of infertile woman. The data was collected from 112 purposively … Read More »

Women empowerment interventions should include IPV protection for better mental health benefits in case of harassment in workplace

Researchers at icddrb collaborated with two reseachers from South Africa on this paper examining the pathways of violence and depression in case of garment workers. The study was a cross-sectional quasi-experimental … Read More »

Evaluation of a platform against sexual harassment in Dhaka

Researchers from three different universities, Cornell University, North South University an BUET came together to create a platform and evaluate the effectiveness of the platform. Public sexual harassment has emerged as … Read More »

Decision making power on child health care important predictors of unmet need of contraception in Bangladesh

The study was conducted by researchers from Rajshahi University. The researcher found that region, place of residence, religion, husband’s desire for children, visits of FP workers, decision-making power on child health … Read More »

Unmet need of contraception contributing to rise in unintended pregnancy in Bangladesh.

Unmet need for contraception and unintended pregnancy are important public health concerns both in developing and developed countries. This study was conducted by researchers at Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of … Read More »