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23 March 2025
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Beyond Aid: Cash for Dignity—Power in Their Hands
Whenever disaster strikes, the fight for survival comes first. Dignity comes later—if it comes at all. For thousands of women in Bangladesh, the aftermath of Cyclone Remel was not…
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09 March 2025
Statement
Op-Ed: Breaking the Silence on Violence Against Women and Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
Violence against women remains a pervasive yet often hidden crisis in Bangladesh, with 70% experiencing intimate partner violence in their lifetime. This Op-Ed highlights urgent…
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27 February 2025
Press Release
2024 Violence Against Women Survey: Intimate partner violence remains widespread in Bangladesh, impacting millions of women nationwide.
Intimate partner violence remains widespread in Bangladesh, impacting millions of women nationwide.
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06 January 2025
Story
Nurturing Tomorrow’s Midwives - Pioneers of Change and Hope Inclusivity and Diversity as a Pathway to Equity
Nurturing Tomorrow’s Midwives - Pioneers of Change and Hope Inclusivity and Diversity as a Pathway to Equity
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18 December 2024
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Restoring dignity and renewing hope for women in Bangladesh
Addressing the devastating impact of obstetric fistula through government programmes, UNFPA support, and community efforts to help women rebuild their lives and regain their…
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15 December 2024
Press Release
UNFPA and UNICEF renew their pledge to support Bangladesh in ending child marriage
DHAKA, 14 December – With a focus on saving girls´ lives, the Steering Committee of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage (the Global Programme) visited…
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03 December 2024
Press Release
Rising Together: Empowering Women and Youth to Build Resilient Refugee and Host Communities in Bangladesh
UNFPA and Switzerland join forces to empower women and youth, strengthening resilience and inclusion in Rohingya Refugee Camps and Host Communities
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04 November 2024
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Tale of a Fated Arrival
In 2017, news of the Rohingya humanitarian crisis unfolding in Cox's Bazar reached Meherun, a case worker specialising in supporting survivors of gender-based violence.
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22 October 2024
Press Release
UNFPA and Japan sign $3.3 million assistance to Protect Rohingya Refugee and Host Community Women and girls in Cox's Bazar and Noakhali Districts
Dhaka, 22 October 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Japan have today announced a groundbreaking partnership to empower Rohingya Refugee women…
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