World Environment Day 2013
Success story of Sabekun Nahar
Let girls be girls not brides
Exploring masculinity
Too young to bear the burden
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Photo: StarAccording to a joint report released by ILO and Unicef in 2006, around 4 lakh children are involved in domestic works in Bangladesh.
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Less than human
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Aduri, who was allegedly tortured by her employer and found unconscious in a severely malnourished state and riddled with injuries and scars near a dustbin in the capital's DOHS Baridhara on September 23. Photo: StarOn September 22, a girl almost akin to a skeleton was found riddled with injuries near a dustbin in the capital's DOHS Baridhara. She was Aduri, an 11-year-old child; but she had the profession of domestic help attached to her profile.
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Putting people first to build better lives
Why do we plan for development? We plan for the welfare of the people. Population is the basic unit of society. Therefore, one has to know about the demographics of a country to formulate a comprehensive development plan. The characteristics of the past population influences the present and the characteristics of the present influences the future. There is a chain effect in the process. Population and development issues cannot be treated in isolation. Population must be in the centre of all...
'Girls not brides'
Bangladesh has the dubious distinction of having the highest child marriage rate in Asia and third highest in the world. The prospect of the country's national development might be seriously undermined if such high rates cannot be scaled down significantly and urgently.
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It's a national emergency!
Sources: NIPORT, Mitra and Associates, and Macro internatinal 2011; Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)/UNICEF 2005; HKI and IPHN 1999; IPHN 2007; BBS/UNICEF 2004.
The power of population
A country's economic demeanor can often be influenced by the population it has. If conditioned the right way, a country's population can be a huge strength for its economy. Conversely, it can result in several problems which can ultimately pull its economy downwards.
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Cut your coat according to your cloth
Family planning is key to slowing unsustainable population growth and the resulting negative impacts on the economy, environment, and national and regional development efforts. It is generally achieved through usage of contraceptive methods. The best practices in birth control method, however, are negotiable. We do not have enough of complication -free methods, that's why we see plenty of objections from the users.
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$1 investment will return $20
To address the population and development challenges in Bangladesh we have to focus on the issue of putting people first to build better lives. And for better lives, good health and economic growth are two corner stones. Relationship between health and economic growth is mutually reinforcing. The report of Commission on Micro-economics and Health found that spending on health brings a six- fold return on investment.
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