Aligning Voices, Amplifying Impact: Youth Share-Net Held Knowledge Management Workshop for Partners
When youth voices align, systems begin to shift. In Bangladesh, where adolescent pregnancy, child marriage, and limited access to modern contraceptives continue to shape the realities of young people, fragmented efforts … Read More »
Supply Halt, Rising Risks: The Silent Crisis in Bangladesh’s Family Planning System
A quiet crisis is unfolding across Bangladesh—one that does not make daily headlines but is already reshaping lives. In hundreds of upazilas, the absence of basic contraceptives is forcing thousands of … Read More »
Empty Shelves, Rising Fears: 487 Upazilas Have Run Out of All Types of Government-Supplied Contraceptives
What happens when the quiet backbone of a country’s family planning system suddenly weakens- silently, steadily, and then severely? In Bangladesh, that question is no longer theoretical. It is unfolding across … Read More »
Beyond Premarital Testing: A Smarter SRHR Approach to Thalassemia in Bangladesh
A routine blood test. A missed diagnosis. A lifelong consequence. In Bangladesh, thousands unknowingly carry thalassemia traits—yet the system continues to treat symptoms, not causes. Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, is … Read More »
Too Smart or Too Naive: Study Reveals Hidden Factors Behind the Prevalence of Premarital Physical Relationship
In a society where conversations about sex often happen in whispers, a recent systematic review has lifted the veil on a quietly shifting reality. Premarital sex in Bangladesh, long viewed through … Read More »
More About OCP & ECP: BRAC Launched a Study on Self-care Use of Contraceptive Pills
The BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (BRAC JPGSPH) of BRAC University yesterday launched a major implementation research study on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights … Read More »
Local Voices Rising: Building SRHR Networks from the Ground Up in Barishal
In a country where nearly one-third of the population is aged between 10 and 24, the question is no longer whether youth voices matter in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights … Read More »
From the Sidelines to the Spotlight: The Uneven Playing Field for Bangladesh’s Women Athletes
In the heart of Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, we see a juxtaposition in the parking area. Rows of polished cars shine under the sun. They whisper tales of male cricket … Read More »
UNFPA Secures $3.2m from Japan to Sustain Health Services for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
When humanitarian funding shrinks, it is often women and girls who feel the first and deepest cuts. In the crowded camps of Cox’s Bazar and on the remote island of Bhasan … Read More »
51 Calls a Day! Rising Trend of Domestic Abuse by Husbands Signals SRHR Emergency
A locked room. A knife threat. A desperate call for help. For many women in Bangladesh, violence is not a distant headline—it is a daily reality unfolding inside their own homes. … Read More »