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On World Water Day, a new partnership will bring clean water to families in Bangladesh. COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH — Ahead of World Water Day on March 22, The PepsiCo Foundation has launched a pilot program with the Bangladesh-based international development organization BRAC to increase access to safe drinking water in the Cox’s Bazar District. The...

BRAC’s Director of Human Rights shares five ways that we can prevent gender-based violence. By Jenefa Jabbar   This piece was originally published in Inter Press Service. It has been reposted below. The 410 Legal Aid Centers that I manage in Bangladesh for BRAC’s Human Rights and Legal Aid Services received approximately 35,900 requests for...

March 11th marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. It’s time to recognize the community health workers on the frontlines as heroes. By Dr. Muhammad Musa and Ray Offenheiser   Anjuman, a community health worker living in Nilphamari, a district in northern Bangladesh, has worked with BRAC’s...

As that nation turns 50, its surprising success offers lessons about investing in the most marginalized. By Nicholas Kristof   Below is an excerpt of a piece originally published in The New York Times. Click here to view the full piece. Back in 1991, after covering a cyclone in Bangladesh that killed more than 100,000...

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements and potential of women. By Elizabeth Wright   After a flood destroyed their land, Nurjahan and her husband left their home in southern Bangladesh with their four children and moved to the city in search of jobs. They lived in a single room in...