UNFPA Bangladesh

Ensuring rights and choices for all

Ensuring vulnerable women have access to hygiene items amid pandemic
UNFPA & UNDP provide poor women from slum areas dignity kits
Shima’s story of fighting fistula
"I suffered from dribbling urination and I did not know what to do."
Generation Equality - Stands Against Rape
Generation Equality - Stands Against Rape
Pregnant mothers and adolescents came together to receive sexual and reproductive health services on the 1st day of Free Medical Camp at Kurigram
ICPD+25 National Level Youth Consultation jointly organized by RHRN Bangladesh and UNFPA
Dissemination of a study report on “A Situation Analysis of Gender Equity in Health Systems of Bangladesh
UNFPA Collaborates with the Government to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Rohingya Camps
Unveiling of the National Maternity Strategy Paper 20-21 and the SOP Campaign for Maternal Health Management and the EMONC Award Giving Ceremony
Message from Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Stakeholder Engagement-Evaluation findings from UNFPA supported 9th Country Programme (2017-2020)
CSO Consultation on “ICPD 25: Road to Nairobi”
UNFPA RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS( AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2019
Embodying the ICPD mandate | How Parvin Jahan became a maternal health champion
Situation Report | Rohingya Humanitarian Response Programme Cox's Bazar (June- July)
Eliminating GBV | Sonia’s endeavour to protect survivors of violence
'Protecting GBV survivors is a duty towards my community'
'Protecting GBV survivors is a duty towards my community'
“We are girls and we are strong”: Adolescent girls in Bogura will make a change in their community by ending child marriage and gender based violence (GBV)
Youth drives change | UNFPA holds special consultation with youth at Rajshahi University
Surviving Obstetric Fistula
Bridging gaps, bringing SRHR services closer to the marginalized
Salma miscarried nine babies, eight babies in Myanmar and one in Bangladesh, before meeting a health worker and midwife, and delivering a baby safely.
Experts discussing Obstetric Fistula and its consequences
UNFPA Bangladesh officially launched the State of World Population 2019 report in Dhaka on Wednesday, April 17
Strengthening Health, Nutrition and Population services for the Rohingya
Two hundred men take oath to prevent Gender Based Violence in Bogura
CELEBRATING International Women’s Day - UNFPA invited other organizations to a fair exhibiting their activities
UNFPA/WFP launch a new partnership in Bangladesh: Women-Led Community Centres at Rohingya refugee camps
No one left behind
Achieve SDGs by increasing institutional delivery and reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity
#HearMeToo
Solution Fair (সমাধান মেলা), as a part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign
We Shall Overcome
UNFPA Representative Asa Torkelsson visits refugee camps
Refugee Camp Art Competition
UNFPA’s success in saving mothers and babies’ lives in Bangladesh: 1,143 Midwives deployed to government health facilities
One year on - UNFPA's response to the Rohingya crisis
Facing the challenges to ensure full range of life saving services for the newborns and mothers, Dr. Natalia Kanem
UNFPA Executive Director in Cox's Bazar
Dr Natalia Kanem interview on Frankly Speaking by Zahirul Alam - NTV Bangladesh
WATCH: Peaceful Gardens - Women Friendly Spaces
UNFPA Tom Tom Ambulances for Pregnant Women
Where men can't go
Women Friendly Spaces are serving women and girls in the Rohingya refugee crisis
State of World Population Report 2017
Generation Breakthrough
Shifting young people's attitudes on gender equality, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive health

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23 July 2020

World Bank provides support to UNFPA for COVID-19 response

Through its Pandemic Emergency Financing (PEF) facility, the World Bank is providing Bangladesh with a grant of USD 14.8 million. The Government of Bangladesh has selected UNFPA and WFP to implement this fund, of which...

11 July 2020

World Population Day: Safeguarding health rights of women and girls during COVID-19

In observance of the World Population Day 2020, the Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka (DPSDU), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Bangladesh jointly organized a DPSDU-UNFPA webinar....

30 June 2020

UNFPA Population Report highlights the need to tackle child marriage and son preference

Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities, according to the State of World...

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We Shall Overcome

UNFPA Country Representative Asa Torkelsson visits the Cox's Bazar Refugee Camps

Refugee Camp Art Competition

One year on - UNFPA's response to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

Dr Natalia Kanem interview on Frankly Speaking by Zahirul Alam - NTV Bangladesh

Publications

Situation Report - Humanitarian Response Cox's Bazar (Apr-Jun 2020)

This Situation Report highlights UNFPA's Reponse to the Humanitarian Situation in Cox's...

Bangladesh Country Profile on Gender-Biased Sex Selection

Global Programme to Prevent Son Preference and the Undervaluing of Girls: Improving the...

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Ensuring vulnerable women have access to hygiene items amid pandemic

Shima’s story of fighting fistula

Generation Equality - Stands Against Rape

Pregnant mothers and adolescents came together to receive sexual and reproductive health services on the 1st day of Free Medical Camp at Kurigram

ICPD+25 National Level Youth Consultation jointly organized by RHRN Bangladesh and UNFPA

Dissemination of a study report on “A Situation Analysis of Gender Equity in Health Systems of Bangladesh

UNFPA Collaborates with the Government to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Rohingya Camps

Unveiling of the National Maternity Strategy Paper 20-21 and the SOP Campaign for Maternal Health Management and the EMONC Award Giving Ceremony

Message from Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Stakeholder Engagement-Evaluation findings from UNFPA supported 9th Country Programme (2017-2020)

CSO Consultation on “ICPD 25: Road to Nairobi”

UNFPA RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS( AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2019

Embodying the ICPD mandate | How Parvin Jahan became a maternal health champion

Situation Report | Rohingya Humanitarian Response Programme Cox's Bazar (June- July)

Eliminating GBV | Sonia’s endeavour to protect survivors of violence

'Protecting GBV survivors is a duty towards my community'

'Protecting GBV survivors is a duty towards my community'

“We are girls and we are strong”: Adolescent girls in Bogura will make a change in their community by ending child marriage and gender based violence (GBV)

Youth drives change | UNFPA holds special consultation with youth at Rajshahi University

Surviving Obstetric Fistula

Bridging gaps, bringing SRHR services closer to the marginalized

Salma miscarried nine babies, eight babies in Myanmar and one in Bangladesh, before meeting a health worker and midwife, and delivering a baby safely.

Experts discussing Obstetric Fistula and its consequences