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.
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...
'Greetings' - a word that is so sweet and can make you close to people whom you never knew! How you feel when you enter office everyday and gets 'hi', 'hello', 'morning', 'good morning' from your...
“What do you want to be?” could be the second common question you have answered at several points in life. I remember scratching my scalp last time my grandfather held me in his arms and asked me the...
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...
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...
Back in 2006, ActionAid began seven groups in seven villages of the Utholi sub-district in Chuadanga (a western district of Bangladesh) to tackle the issue of violence against women. These groups...
"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...
