Disaster management in Bangladesh; What women need
Access to information, before, during and after disaster is vital for communities in safeguarding lives and livelihoods. Many communities are equipped with this information through formal Union Disaster Management Committee structures, … Read More »
Gender and Diversity in Emergency Shelter Programming
This information brief was prepared by the Bangladesh Shelter Cluster to support agencies delivering emergency shelter to: • Better understand the importance of including gender and diversity into emergency shelter programming … Read More »
Are climate challenges reinforcing child and forced marriage and dowry as adaptation strategies in the context of Bangladesh?
This paper outlines the link between child and forced marriage, dowry and climate changes in Bangladesh. Drawing on a three year research study on the gendered impacts of climate change, we … Read More »
Menstrual hygiene management among Bangladeshi adolescent schoolgirls and risk factors affecting school absence: results from a cross-sectional survey
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) at school is constrained by poor access to water and sanitation, lack of privacy and limited education about menstrual hygiene1 as well as social stigma and cultural … Read More »
Living with Infertility: Experiences Among Urban Slum Populations in Bangladesh
This paper explores the perceived causes of infertility, treatment-seeking for infertility and the consequences of childlessness, particularly for women, among a predominantly Muslim population in urban slums of Dhaka in Bangladesh. … Read More »
Contextualising sexual harassment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh
Violence against women is a social mechanism confirming women’s subordination in many societies. Sexual violence and harassment have various negative psychological impacts on girls, including a persistent feeling of insecurity and … Read More »
Invisible women in Bangladesh: Stakeholders’ views on infertility services
Infertility remains a neglected issue in Bangladesh’s reproductive health policy; instead, the emphasis has always been on the problem of overpopulation. As a result the dominant state ideology in Bangladesh is … Read More »
Current Consequence and Research of Human Infertility in Bangladesh
Infertility means not being able to become pregnant after a year of unprotected sexual intercourse. The actual rate of infertility in Bangladesh (BD) in still unknown but World Infertility Survey revealed … Read More »
Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh: A Review of the Literature and the Gaps to fill-in by Future Interventions
Although domestic violence against women is pervasive worldwide, there is no universally accepted definition or terminology. Unfortunately, domestic violence is a complicated and difficult issue to study and the research findings … Read More »
CYBER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH
Women in Bangladesh are disproportionately targeted by online and technology facilitated violence and harassment. While the expansion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and growing internet penetration are considered as positive … Read More »