Safe Motherhood Strategies: A Review of Evidence
Even champions of Primary Health Care have long had a blind spot for the plight of mothers at childbirth. Only in the mid-eighties activists and enlightened professionals started mobilising around this … Read More »
Women and the Right of Access to Information
A new study from the Carter Center examines women’s right to information in Bangladesh. The research assessed whether women are able to exercise the right to information with the same facility … Read More »
Assessing Large Scale Violence Against Children Surveys in Selected South East Asian Countries
Background: Violence against children (VAC) is a widespread, global issue with far reaching social and economic consequences. In recent years, VAC has received substantial international attention, resulting in government initiatives to reduce VAC, in part, … Read More »
Women and the Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh
A new study from the Carter Center examines women’s right to information in Bangladesh. The research assessed whether women are able to exercise the right to information with the same facility … Read More »
A Study Report on Working Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers in Bangladesh
The tea garden workers of Bangladesh lead a poor life due to their low income (less than US$1 for a day’s work from sunrise to sunset), which is much lower than … Read More »
WOMEN HEALTH AND DISEASE PATTERN IN THE RURAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY ON HAIMCHAR UPAZILA UNDER CHANDPUR DISTRICT
The present research has undertaken to understand the women health scenario in a remote rural char land of the country and their health awareness with hygienic practices. Most of the women … Read More »
Situation Analysis of Obstetric Fistula in Bangladesh
Every year a large number of women in our country are experiencing life threatening, high risk, chronic or other serious health problems due to pregnancy and childbirth. Obstetric fistula is one … Read More »
Mental Health Stigma as Social Attribution: Implications for Research Methods and Attitude Change
The course and outcomes of mental illness are hampered by stigma and discrimination. Research on controllability attributions has mapped the relationships between signaling events, mediating stigma, emotional reactions, and discriminating behavior. … Read More »
Understanding the Impact of Stigma on People with Mental Illness
Many people with serious mental illness are challenged doubly. On one hand, they struggle with the symptoms and disabilities that result from the disease. On the other, they are challenged by … Read More »
Maternal and child health in Bangladesh: a critical look at the policy and the sustainable development goals
Based on secondary analysis, this paper places a critical discussion looking back in history of maternal health achievements by Bangladesh, future adaptability and potentials forwarding to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) … Read More »