Posted in Rural Women, South Asia, tagged Sexual Health, UNFPA, Women on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Hyderabad, India (Oct 29): A four-country UNFPA study released today at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Hyderabad warns that sex selection and son preference in the Asian region will “affect the stability of the marriage system”.The global impact of this sex ratio scenario will impact families. With [...]
Posted in Development, South Asia, tagged 4th APCRSH, Hyderabad, Sexual Health on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
HYDERABAD: Youth and their sexual and reproductive health issues will be the focus of the three-day Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) which begins at the Hyderabad International Convention Centreon Monday.
The impact of religious fundamentalism on woman’s sexual and reproductive health and rights will be another issue to be debated [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, South Asia on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Last few years we are looking for the best info-tech for the benefits of rural people. Indeed still the technology is so expensive for them because we have no well off IT infrastructure and making technological services on vernacular language is also challenging task.
Jamilur Reza Choudhury, former adviser of caretaker government and vice chancellor of [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, Opinion, South Asia on July 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder and chairperson of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). He gave up a thriving accounting career to help Bangladesh’s independence movement. After the birth of the country in 1971, he started BRAC to help refugees and victims of war integrate into society.
He spoke with Nepali Times columnist Ashutosh Tiwari [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, South Asia on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Once famous for its jute carpets, Bangladesh has not only lost the world market to countries like Spain and Turkey but domestic consumers too, thanks to obsolete technology, outdated designs and bad marketing.
Bangladesh continues to grow the finest quality of raw jute, but carpet exports during the first half of 2006-07 were a mere $1.6 [...]
Posted in South Asia on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
South Asia is lagging behind in achieving the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, particularly with regard to women and children, and almost 30 per cent of the people in the region are still living on a dollar a day.
These are the findings of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 that was released Monday (2nd July [...]
Posted in South Asia on June 23, 2007 | 16 Comments »
London, June 22: The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, held in London, United Kingdom, awarded ventures from Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and Tanzania first prizes of US$60,000 each to further their schemes. Projects ranged from solar-powered home systems and mini-hydropower plants for remote villages, to food waste and dung biogas plants for urban areas.One of [...]
Posted in South Asia on June 10, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Walking on the world’s longest stretch of beach on a balmy Saturday morning, one would expect to find the shimmering sands filled with sunbathing tourists and the calm blue sea with swimmers. The best bar in town should be buzzing with the thirsty jostling for space on a Saturday evening at the [...]
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