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Kabul, Afghanistan—BRAC has suspended operations in Afghanistan following a directive from the government barring women from working in non-governmental organizations. The ban was announced on December 24th, coming days after an order for universities to suspend classes for women until further notice. Women working in non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan have been at the forefront of...

Agriculture is vital to human existence, yet extraordinarily vulnerable to climate change. The impacts of increasing temperatures, changes in weather and more frequent natural disasters, slow and rapid, are already devastating farmers and farmlands. By Dr. Md. Liakath Ali   This piece was originally published in Global Center for Adaptation. It has been reposted below....

BRAC’s Executive Director Asif Saleh is on the frontline of the climate crisis in southern Bangladesh – where homes are now going underwater every day. This is an overview of the challenges faced by communities on Bangladesh’s coasts. 

A new pilot with BRAC, Viamo, and Peripheral Vision International uses feature phones and interactive voice response to educate and empower adolescent girls and young women. BY JENNA GRZESLO   Hawa is a 13-year-old girl who enjoys singing and going to church. Fatima is 15 and dreams of getting a sports scholarship. Jennifer is 18...

Author Scott MacMillan details the account of the BRAC founder and its foundation Banglades This blog post was originally published in The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. It has been reposted below. Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even...