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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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4 April 2019

Finding Reproductive Healthcare In The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp

A complex web of government, military, civil society, and international partners are working together to make life in the camps possible. There are primary and secondary schools, usually sponsored by UNICEF, health...

25 January 2019

UNFPA Recognizes Mr. Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan Abir for his Decade-long Service

Dr. Asa Torkelsson, UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh, congratulated Mr. Abir on his achievement and thanked him for his valuable contribution to the Fund. The Representative then handed over the Certificate of...

24 December 2018

UN Team Visit Tangail Brothel as a Part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-Based Violence

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2015-2016[1], an estimated 102,260 female sex workers (FSWs) exist in the sex industry. Approximately, around 5000 female sex workers are living in 11 existing brothels in the country. In the year 2000, The Bangladesh High Court ruled that ‘prostitution’ as a livelihood is

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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

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State of World Population Report 2019

The report has been published since 1978. It is used to give wider visibility to...

UNFPA Bangladesh Annual Report 2018

In 2018, UNFPA Bangladesh and our partners supported the Government of Bangladesh in...

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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