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Empowering Change: Taslima’s Mission to Promote Menstrual Hygiene and Nutrition

28 May 2024

Taslima, a 17-year-old girl, has always attended school regularly and grown up in a loving environment surrounded by friends and family. However, in her rural community, traditional beliefs persist, requiring menstruating girls and women to adhere to archaic practices lacking scientific basis.

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Sharing is caring: purifying precious drops of wat...

28 April 2024

Imagine not being able to freely drink water, or using the water from the same pond for washing clothes, bathing, and all other daily needs? This is the harsh reality of the people living in the Ba...

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Asma's Journey with JANO's Talking Book: Empowerin...

18 April 2024

Asma Akhter, 32, is a mother of two living in Nilphamari Sadar Upazila with her husband and mother-in-law. Her second child is now twenty-eight months old, and her elder child is fourteen years old...

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Jerin, Bangladesh: “I fear for my future due to cl...

21 November 2023

In a small village in Madarganj, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, 16-year-old Jerin lives with her family. Jerin heard from her mother how from generation to generation their family battled with monsoon flood...

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Bangladesh JANO project: “As a girl I feel like I ...

29 August 2023

Unmi Roy is a 14-year-old schoolgirl in grade ten. She goes to a village school in the North of Bangladesh. Her school is one of 331 schools that are included in the JANO project, a CARE project fi...

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Ayesha is a beacon of hope for GBV survivors...

20 June 2023

Ayesha Khatun, who escaped from Myanmar and lives in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, is a shining example of strength and resilience. Aged 32, Ayesha is a mother of four and has pursued e...

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Faza is an active advocate for female reproductive...

20 June 2023

In the traditional and patriarchal context of the Rohingya community, women often face a lack of empowerment and limited freedom to exercise their reproductive rights. The decision-making process s...

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