We are reminded more often than desirable that social attitude and behaviour is difficult to change. Violence against women (VAW) in Bangladesh is widespread. Its alarming growth over 2004-2009...
On the occasion of International Day of the world’s Indigenous People 2011, thousands of people from different regions of Bangladesh gathered at Kendriya Shahid Minar (Central...
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ActionAid Bangladesh’s (AAB) experience in working with anti steroid drug campaign namely Nobojibon (new life) is very mixed and complex as this is a very sensitive issue to deal with....
Education is believed to be a fundamental human right, the responsibility of the state and a core element of development policy committed to social justice.
I hear wailing horn of the ambulance losing to sirens from a heavy jeep hoisting the flag of Bangladesh and being escorted by special order protocol men carrying walky-talkies, dust masks and khaki...
Last week I travelled to Lebanon to meet some of the other Syrian people forced to flee the conflict and seek refuge there.There are now more than 360,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and the number...
Yesterday, it was foggy winter morning when we set out to Modhupur, Tangail, located in central part of Dhaka Division. The temperature was so low that we all were literally shivering. We were 9 from...
When I was applying for the Inspirator Program, I was very unsure of what my specific job would be. Then I read this “Inspirators are a boost to local partner organizations to help them focus, re-...
Time to celebrate! Doha COP18 will go down in history as the COP that incorporated Gender in the main negotiation text. The draft circulated co chairs of SBI Agenda 21, which was prepared...
After an hour and a half on Dhaka’s crowded roads where the kamikaze bus driver is king, I reach Chanpara slum in Roopgong, just outside of the Bangladeshi capital.The corrugated iron huts are home...
4th of August: a team of ‘humans’ leaves Dhaka in the early hours… destination a ‘popular’ place in Faridpur. Sightseeing? That and more...Trust me when I tell you that the visiting friends from...
... purpose, which was only their personal gain and nothing further. Youth were intentionally overlooked for long and it became a practice to accept the societal structure as it was. But being in...
Being a non-government human rights-based development organisation, we, ActionAid always prefers to play the role of facilitator in bringing change and supplement and complement the government’s...
The recent experience from the field-visit to Faridpur has sketched deep mark on my mind when I saw community people reaping the benefit of the initiatives at the very inception of a project because...
Surely many people have heard the phrase ‘an eye for an eye’, but ‘a stare for a stare’! I do not think so. ‘The meaning of the principle, an eye for an eye, is that a person who has injured another...
In Bangladesh the “Vision of Girls”-project is one of the ways Action Aid fights to create better futures for young girls. As a member of Activista I have had the honor to meet Salma who used to live...
Meryl Streep just got an Oscar award for her spectacular performance of one the world’s most controversial female leaders. A few months back, three women were given the Nobel Peace Prize...
Narsingdi District Court, 15thJuly 2009 - two witnesses with different hearing needs were present in a case. The plaintiff hired an interpreter of Bangla Sign Language from Dhaka to interpret what...
I was shocked and embarrassed to hold a condom in my hand in front a room full of people. I did not dare to look anywhere while I was holding it in my hand. I was wondering what am I supposed to do...
ActionAid Bangladesh arrived to meet us at 9am full of smiles and enthusiasm. Their obvious commitment set the tone for what was to be an extraordinary day. It was my 50th Birthday.
Rehana and Sheuly saw the worst: they were the victims of acid attack. The incident has had lasting impressions in them. Together they form a national network with 258 more survivors across the...
In the old part of the Dhaka city, buildings stand only a foot away from each other. Engulfing the narrow streets, these houses have weakened with age and without any renovation efforts. Lalbag,...
‘I can continue my study now since a school has been set up in the shelter home. I enjoy studying and I am happy that I don’t need to stop going school now. I want to be in service completing my...
"If ActionAid had not thought of this new and easy seed-loan process, I don't think I could have produced enough food for my family," says Afsa Begum, 27, who lives with her husband and three...
“I could not eat this morning. My mother did not cook yet.” – says 6-year old Lima waiting in queue to receive food supplies from ActionAid. She lives in Tala which is still submerged in flood water...
Like other girls Rawshan Ara, 18, of Hariharpur village of Dinajpur district also dreamt of having a happy married life, having children and be a proud mother. Her parents married her off when she...
Nearing the end of his life at 65, Mokbul Boyati does not know when and how his family will be able to live in a decent house:
“I inherited 3 acres of land from my father. River erosion took all...
Sharmin Khatun and Selim Shaikh, a spouse hailed from Char Naralia of Bera Upazila (sub-district) under Pabna district, belongs to the tens of thousands landless farmer of Bangladesh. Sharmin’s...
National budget which is now a centre point of public attention is undermining the presence of participatory and autonomous local governance. Due to the outdated and highly centralized budget...
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