Posted on October 23, 2022
Taspia’s father decided that marrying off Taspia would be the best solution to ease the family’s financial burden, despite being underage. However, Taspia’s mother was eager for an alternative and spoke to fellow community members for advice. Upon hearing the situation, they were linked with women leaders of the community development committee of Bijoy Nagar, […]
Posted on October 23, 2022
Nasima Begum has been a resident of Moddho Sriramdi, Ward 1 in Chandpur Municipality for 15 years. Until recently, she led a challenging life with two jobs as an unskilled-informal worker at a local shop and a business whilst also taking care of her two daughters, aged fifteen and five and an elder son. Nasima […]
Posted on May 22, 2022
Impacts of crises on inequality and marginalization are more complex and layered in today’s interconnected world than they were in the past, often manifesting through exacerbation of various pre-existing vulnerabilities of disadvantaged groups. Recovery strategies and efforts to build resilience thus require more multidimensional lenses for addressing secondary impacts of shocks, particularly on the most […]
Posted on November 02, 2021
Urban slums and low-income settlements house approximately 47 per cent of Bangladesh’s population. Life in these settlements is rife with challenges, especially for children. Despite the national push for education, millions of children are out of school in these settlements because there is an opportunity cost attached with it — schoolgoing children do not have […]