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Absence of legally binding agreement on funding has created immense uncertainty for the vulnerable developing countries to secure the required finance especially for adaptation. Under the initiatives of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed countries promised to mobiliz

Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 10/13/2018

Innovation in Maternal Healthcare – Starts with a Chair in Bangladesh

Ishrat Jahan Through a midwifery led center in Mirpur, the Developing Midwives Project is trying to change how women can experience childbirth – and it begins with a chair. Inside the winding pathways of Darrusalam, Dhaka, BRAC, among its various maternal and child healthcare interventions, has

Data & Reports , Health , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/27/2018

Targeting non-communicable diseases, icddr,b in Bangladesh is paving the way for a healthier future

Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) were a facet of developed countries, but there has been a considerable shift (in lifestyles, diets etc) in the past 15-20 years in many low and middle income countries which now account for 80% of NCD-related deaths worldwide. Farasha Bashir Health was given limited

Aid , Featured , Gender , Human Rights , Migration , Sustainable Development / 07/02/2018

In disasters, violence against women is the huge, often hidden story

Sharman Stone Of the nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees that have crossed into Bangladesh since August 2017, well over half are women and girls, and many, have reported grave human rights abuses. After her son’s murder, Miriam* finally fled her village in Myanmar’s conflict-ravaged Rakhine State.

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/29/2018

icddr,b conducts first ever household level tracking of cholera transmission in Dhaka

Farasha Bashir/icddr,b Bangladesh’s capital – Dhaka – is classified as hyper-endemic as the city experiences two seasonal outbreaks of cholera every year. In spite of the constant threat of this disease, an exploration of the diverse V.cholerae strains percolating in this environment a

Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 06/06/2018

What About the Boys?

Ishrat Jahan To put solutions into context, interventions require deeper understanding of the lives of adolescent boys in the urban slums of Bangladesh Rojib works as a human haulier driver in Dhaka and is the sole breadwinner for a family of four, including his newly wedded wife. His day starts at

Featured , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/02/2018

Masculinity in the Message: Can Understanding Masculinity Improve Gender Intervention?

Ishrat Jahan While program interventions and research initiatives have addressed the debilitating impact on women in urban slums, they have only recently taken into consideration the various issues of health and rights of adolescent boys and young men. In the urban slums of Bangladesh, the lives of

Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Migration , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/29/2018

Barren hills bring Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis into conflict

Pinaki Roy The impact of hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees have been devastating to the forest cover and water availability in Cox’s Bazar, fuelling resentments with the local population A bunch of tree roots on his head, Ramzan Ali was coming back towards his polythene and bamboo hut at

Biodiversity , Energy , Environment , Forests , Opinions / 03/11/2018

Rampal coal power plant, Bangladesh, an ethical perspective

Ikhtiar Mohammad While the entire world is moving towards searching for the alternatives, especially renewable energy; Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company is going to construct a coal fired power plant near the Sundarbans Niccolo Machiavelli, a medieval Italian thinker, endorsed the use of imm

Aid , Climate , Environment , Sustainable Development / 02/17/2018

Climate finance and sustainable development go hand-in-hand

To ensure the proper delivery of climate funds, strictly following the top-down approach is required for effective coordination among policy-makers and implementers The Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the UN SDGs reinforce the commitment made by developed countries to ensure the needs of devel

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