Child Marriage in Bangladesh: A Curse of Our Society
Child marriage is an enormously discussed issue in Bangladesh. Child marriage is a human right violation which directly affect the child’s education, health, psychological well-being, and health of their off-spring. It … Read More »
Why SRHR is needed to attain UHC
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is mainly about people having access to quality and affordable health care. It has a straight effect on population’s health. In this aspect, usually we refer ‘health’ … Read More »
Violence against Women: can social media help bring the change
Bangladesh is seeing a recent increase in reports of sexual assault and harassments of late. Study from Bangladesh Mahila Parishad has shown that the culprits are often family members. The situation … Read More »
Seeing if it works: Measuring effectiveness of communication material through RCT
BBC Media Action has been at the forefront of innovation in traditional media. The multitude of their audio-visual tools and educational materials are well accepted in the communities. One of their … Read More »
Ayesha’s Story: Reflections from qualitative research on the issues that shape decision-making for child marriage
In this blog post, Saraban Ether and Seama Mowri present the story of Ayesha, a bright 16 year old girl they met whilst doing research on child marriage in urban slums … Read More »
Archive of Child Marriage
A powerful blog on child marriage around the world on the Borgen project organization website. “The Borgen Project is an incredible nonprofit organization that is addressing poverty and hunger and working towards … Read More »
Emergency Contraceptives: Need for change in practitioners’ perception
Hormonal contraception for couples have traditionally been in the form of pills which women have to take every day in order to safeguard from pregnancy. However, soon after the honeymoon period, … Read More »
What about menstrual pain relief?
Managing your period is not only about hygiene. How can girls get rid of the pain during their periods? The pain is different for every girl. Some suffer severely and others … Read More »
Busy Bangladesh
Not many updates on the Bangladesh programme have been shared on this website, so it is high time to inform you on some of their activities they have been organising the … Read More »
Menstrual Regulation
Menstrual Regulation allows one to terminate within 10 weeks from the last period, but there is still a rising epidemic of high numbers of people using unsafe methods to terminate their … Read More »