Kapasia Model’s Quiet Collapse: The Rise & Fall of an All Praised Maternal Healthcare Support

July 30, 2026Blog, Features, Newsantenatal care, Community Health Workers, Family planning services, iron supplementation, Kapasia model, maternal health crisis, Maternal mortality Bangladesh, postpartum haemorrhage, primary healthcare, Reproductive Health Rights, SRHR, UNFPA BangladeshSajed Karim

In a quiet corner of Gazipur, a system that once promised every pregnant woman a safer path to delivery is fraying. The Kapasia model, built around digital tracking, handbooks, and local … Read More »

Maternal Healthcare Can’t Wait: Reproductive Health Must Be Part of Bangladesh’s Flood Response

July 29, 2026Blog, Features, NewsBangladesh Floods, Climate Change Bangladesh, climate resilience, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Healthcare, Gender equality, Humanitarian Response, maternal health, menstrual health, Pregnancy During Floods, Public Health Bangladesh, Reproductive health, Rohingya Refugees, Safe Motherhood, SRHR Bangladesh, UNFPA Bangladesh, Women's Health BangladeshSajed Karim

Floods often leave behind visible destruction. Roads disappear, homes collapse, and crops are washed away. Yet one of the least visible consequences unfolds quietly inside overcrowded shelters, damaged health centres, and … Read More »

Why can’t our mothers retire??? Society has yet to learn how to let women rest

July 28, 2026Blog, Features, NewsSajed Karim

It was a routine job application, one of those ordinary, forgettable tasks where you move quickly from one blank space to another, answering questions almost automatically. Name, address, educational background. Then: … Read More »

A Decade of Determination: Ella Pad’s Journey Mirrors the Struggle for Women’s Rights in Bangladesh

July 26, 2026Features, NewsBangladesh SRHR, community health, Ella Pad, GBV Bangladesh, Gender based violence, Gender equality, menstrual health, Menstrual Hygiene Management, period poverty, Rural Women, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Social Enterprise Bangladesh, UNFPA Bangladesh, Women Empowerment Bangladesh, Women Leadership, women's rightsSajed Karim

After nearly a decade of administrative barriers, Ella Pad, a social enterprise to provide affordable sanitary napkins, has finally secured legal recognition. Yet the story raises a larger question. How many … Read More »

More Than a Medical Rebrand: Understanding the Move from PCOS to PMOS

July 25, 2026Features, NewsAdolescent health, Bangladesh Health, Endocrine Health, Fertility, Hormonal Health, Insulin Resistance, menstrual health, Metabolic Health, PCOS, PMOS, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, Reproductive health, SRHR Bangladesh, women's healthSajed Karim

What if one medical term has been shaping the way millions of people misunderstand their own health? Sometimes, changing a name is not about branding. It is about correcting decades of … Read More »

Ireland’s New Domestic Violence Register: Bangladesh Should Introduce Similar Tactics to Ensure Safe Relationship Choices

July 23, 2026Blog, Features, NewsBangladesh, Bangladesh Law, Child marriage, domestic violence, Domestic Violence Prevention, GBV Bangladesh, Gender based violence, Intimate partner violence, Public Policy Bangladesh, SRHR, UN Women, violence against women, who, women's rights, women's safetySajed Karim

How many women would have chosen differently if they knew the truth before entering an abusive relationship? It is an uncomfortable question. Yet it sits at the heart of a new … Read More »

543 Children, 456 Cases, 7,068 Police Records. Are We Counting Child Sexual Abuse Correctly in Bangladesh?

July 22, 2026Blog, Features, NewsSajed Karim

7,068 in 2025. 5,566 in 2024. 786. 543. 776. 456. What are these numbers? Are they signs of economic growth, improved education, or a new social milestone that Bangladesh should celebrate? … Read More »

When Intimacy Feels Like a Test: The Hidden Cost of Unrealistic Expectations in Modern Relationships

July 19, 2026Blog, Features, NewsBangladesh Health, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Consent, Couple Communication, Emotional Wellbeing, Healthy Relationships, Intimacy, mental health, Performance Anxiety, Public Health, Relationship Health, Reproductive health, Sexual health, Sexual Wellbeing, SRHR BangladeshSajed Karim

Modern society celebrates confidence in almost every aspect of life. Yet, when it comes to intimacy, confidence often disappears behind closed doors. Many people silently struggle with performance anxiety, believing they … Read More »

For a Better Policy Approach: Bangladesh Parliament and UNFPA Join Hands to Advance SRHR

July 16, 2026Features, NewsBangladesh Parliament, Child Marriage Prevention, family planning Bangladesh, Gender Equality Bangladesh, maternal health, Parliament Bangladesh, Population and Development, Public Health Bangladesh, Reproductive health, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, SRHR Bangladesh, Sustainable Development Goals, UNFPA Bangladesh, Women’s rights Bangladesh, youth empowermentSajed Karim

Every policy begins with a conversation. But lasting change begins when those conversations become laws, budgets, and public action. For Bangladesh, where millions of young people will shape the country’s future, … Read More »

1 in 13 Bangladeshi Women Experiences Early Menopause: Child Marriage and Early Childbirth Are Among the Root Causes

July 15, 2026Features, Newsb, BMJ Global Health, Child Marriage Bangladesh, Early Menopause Bangladesh, Gender equality, girls education, icddr, maternal health, Menopause Awareness, Public Health Bangladesh, Reproductive health, Rural Healthcare Bangladesh, sexual and reproductive health, SRHR Bangladesh, Women's Health Bangladesh, women's rightsSajed Karim

A landmark study led by researchers at icddr,b and published in BMJ Global Health has found that around one in every 13 Bangladeshi women experiences menopause before the age of 45. … Read More »

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