Brighter futures in Bangladesh with access to quality education In the Sylhet region in north-eastern Bangladesh, less than 1 in 3 children complete secondary school. Our new report analyzes the success of UNICEF Bangladesh's Let Us Learn programme and how it can be scaled up to improve access to...
Executive Summary The Joint UNICEF and GoB nutrition programme has been designed to address two key headline results on accelerating the reduction of childhood stunting and improving adolescent health and well-being. Following a life-cycle approach, the nutrition interventions have a direct focus on...
A reporter shares her own personal experience with almost being married off at age 16 as well as the larger experiences and trauma experienced by child brides in Bangladesh. ...
This video explains how poverty, natural disasters and inaction from the government leads to child marriage as a “survival strategy” for various families in Bangladesh. It also discusses how some local officials go against government laws and facilitate early marriages by accepting bribes or fake...
Standing in the gap delivers low profile and community driven education to support refugee children with no access to services. This concept acknowledges the complex dynamics of the area, the pressure on all actors involved and the limits on resources, and looks for an alternative solution, until...
Nadim's Story: A Bangladeshi Asylum Seeker Living in the UK Each podcast episode from Refugees' Stories contains stories from those who have migrated or sought asylum on account of their sexuality or gender identity. On this episode, Nadim speaks about his experience. Nadim is a young man from Dhaka...
The concepts, process and benefits of integrating gender equality issues have not always been sufficiently understood and incorporated into UNICEF’s programming across South Asia. This toolkit is a step towards strengthening the institutional and individual capacity to undertake gender mainstreaming...