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 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...
Bangladesh is a signatory to ‘United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’, which formally recognises the rights of people with all types of disabilities. The ratification of...
“Aj dhaaner khete roudro chhayai, lukochurir khaela re bhai, lukochurir khaela...” - Rabindranath TagoreReturning to Dacope and Khamarkhola after over a year to areas that had been hit by cyclone...
When I first came to know about HIV/AIDS, I could relate it to nothing but genocide. Nothing much has changed over the years, my point of view is somewhat the same till date. I mean what can possibly...
I was a fresh graduate when in 2006 I joined the Bangladesh chapter of ActionAid. My first assignment was to execute a project named ‘Creating Role Models of Youths with Disabilities in Corporate...
Bangladesh has reduced poverty and improved living standards significantly in recent years despite the global economic recession and natural calamities. In spite of rising standards of living, some...
‘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...
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...
