Monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Monitoring Progress for Girls Related Menstruation

There is growing global momentum around addressing menstruation as an important health, education and gender equality issue. However, a critical barrier to making progress on addressing menstruation and the range of … Read More »

Guidance on Menstrual Health and Hygiene

This guidance was developed for UNICEF WASH, Education, Health, and Gender specialists or focal points in country offices who are working with their partners to develop programmes related to menstrual health … Read More »

Gendered Politics of Modernity: Family Planning and Reproductive Health

Author: Md. Faruk Shah Abstract This chapter highlights the country’s population policy and how it is reflected in the programmes of family planning and reproductive health. I explain the control of reproduction via … Read More »

Reality Check: Experiences of Young People and Service Providers

Youth Friendly Health Service is a priority program of the Government of Bangladesh, as it is implementing the National Strategy on Adolescent Health and has undertaken the plan of actions on … Read More »

From Recognition to Realising Rights: LEGAL PROTECTION OF GENDER IDENTITY IN BANGLADESH LAW

In this policy brief, Abdullah Titir addresses the challenges that transgenders have to face in their daily lives (such as obtaining identity documents, opening a bank account), despite the government taking … Read More »

Supporting SRHR for all is part of broader commitments of MenEngage Alliance to full gender equality

With support from Amplify Change, MenEngage Alliance has embarked on a two-year collaborative initiative – ‘SRHR For All’ – to realize its strategic vision for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). … Read More »

The Sexual Politics of Clinical Psychoanalysis and Transgender Mental Health

Perversion is derived from the Latin pervertere which means to turn around and has been broadly conceptualized as that which deviates or wavers from an original course. One could argue that … Read More »

Prevalence and determinants of menstrual regulation among ever-married women in Bangladesh: evidence from a national survey

Background Despite the remarkable reduction of maternal mortality, unsafe and untimely menstrual regulation (MR) remains a major maternal health problem in Bangladesh. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and identify … Read More »

Menstrual Regulation in Family Planning Services

Menstrual regulation (MR) is the term applied to any treatment which is administered within 14 days of a missed menstrual period to ensure that a woman either is not pregnant or … Read More »

Multilevel Control Over Sexuality of Unmarried Adolescent Girls and Related Violence

High concerns about sexuality of unmarried adolescent girls (UAGs) in patriarchal societies and perceived links between sexuality and honor are likely to trigger controlling behavior and underlie a range of violence … Read More »