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Youth raising their voices with Members of Parliament
Climate change affects all members of society in Bangladesh and VSO works with youth clubs in Bangladesh to find ways to combat the effects climate change.
In January we organised an open sharing event which involved four youth club members from Khagrachari presenting case studies to Members of Parliament from All… Read more »
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Working against injustice in Bangladesh
Over the last few years VSO in Bangladesh has been working for the decentralisation of local government, to make it more effective for marginalised and poor people in rural areas.
A few weeks ago, I helped run a seminar – ‘Decentralisation of local government: the Bangladesh context’ – at the South Asia Social Forum in… Read more »
Bangladesh making slow progress on shortage of health workers
Successful advocacy often happens when the same issue can be raised at different levels of decision making. Recently, I was in Bangladesh and spent time with VSO partner the Health Rights Movement Bangladesh (HRMB). I was able to see an example of this joined up work at different levels.
At… Read more »
A celebration of women peacemakers
“We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women have the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society.”
These were the words of Nobel Committee Chairman, Thorbjørn Jagland, as he awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week to three women –… Read more »
VSO Bangladesh embarks on innovative new strategy
I spent last week in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world. I was working with the VSO team who have devised an exciting five year country strategy plan for 2011 to 2015. The committed team of staff, volunteers and partners are working on an ambitious programme of ‘social transformation’ in… Read more »
‘Healthcare deserts’
I was intrigued yet not surprised by the Save the Children’s Healthcare Deserts report published in May. VSO welcomed the report which addressed the severe healthcare deprivation among children in many developing countries. The report identifies 25 ‘healthcare deserts’, countries where there is a high mortality in children under five… Read more »
