1,000 Women a Year: Bangladesh’s Hidden Obstetric Fistula Crisis
In Bangladesh, many women never seek treatment, held back by shame, social stigma, financial hardship, or simply not knowing that treatment exists. Because of this, the exact number of women living … Read More »
প্রতি বছর ১০০০ জন নারী নতুন করে প্রসবজনিত ফিস্টুলায় আক্রান্ত হচ্ছেন
বাংলাদেশে নারীরা লজ্জা, সামাজিক কুসংস্কার, অর্থনৈতিক অসুবিধা কিংবা চিকিৎসা সম্পর্কে অজ্ঞতার কারণে চিকিৎসা গ্রহণ করেন না। তাই প্রসবজনিত ফিস্টুলা আক্রান্তের সুনির্দিষ্ট সংখ্যা জানা কঠিন, বিভিন্ন গবেষণা ও স্বাস্থ্য কর্মসূচির অভিজ্ঞতা থেকে … Read More »
Connected but Still Left Behind: The Digital SRHR Gap Facing Bangladesh’s Marginalised Youth
A young person with a question about puberty, contraception or relationships no longer necessarily waits for a classroom lesson or a health worker. The answer may be only a few taps … Read More »
Fake Napkins Are Real Risks: Bangladesh Needs Safer and Affordable Menstrual Products Options
A sanitary pad is not a luxury. For millions of women and girls, it is a basic menstrual health product that can determine whether they attend school, go to work or … Read More »
From Peer to Peer Learning: How YPSA Is Making SRHR Conversations Easier in Chattogram
For many adolescents, asking a question about menstruation, puberty, relationships or reproductive health can feel harder than facing an exam. The information may exist, but reaching the right person is often … Read More »
Aparajita Corner at DALIT Hospital: Making Menstrual Health a Matter of Care, Not a Matter of Shame
For many girls, the first period does not always come with a conversation, a clear explanation or a safe place to ask questions. It can arrive with confusion, embarrassment and fear. … Read More »
Building a Healthier Workplace: RedOrange Hosted In-house Mental Health Wellbeing Session
Mental health is often treated as a separate conversation from sexual and reproductive health and rights. But in reality, the two are closely connected. How people feel, cope, communicate, make decisions … Read More »
Thirst, Salinity and SRHR: How Coastal Salinity Is Shaping Women’s Health
A water crisis is rarely just about water. In coastal Bangladesh, a woman walking several kilometres to collect drinking water is also losing time, energy, privacy and, potentially, access to healthcare … Read More »
Turning Young Voices into Real Power: SWOCCHAR Project and NYN Celebrates Youth Day 2026
A youth celebration can be inspiring. But its real value is measured by what happens after the stage is cleared. If young people leave with applause but without skills, opportunities, services … Read More »
Different Contexts, Common Aspirations: Are we prepared to listen to the needs of youths?
A young person in a remote village, a student in Dhaka, and a teenager living in a climate-vulnerable community may have very different lives. Yet they may want remarkably similar things: … Read More »