Center for Communication Action Bangladesh

As the world confronts the effects of climate change, we are increasingly seeing the emergence of new diseases and the resurgence of old ones. According to some estimates, there is more than a one in four chance of another global pandemic in the next decade. The World Health Organization calls this unknown threat ‘Disease X’. One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that policymakers or scientists alone cannot combat a worldwide public health emergency.

The Our Lives, Our Health, Our Futures programme, funded by the European Union and Simavi, is designed to support and empower girls to transition into adult womanhood with dignity, and bodily and sexual autonomy, without violence, coercion, and discrimination. In the course of this 5-year programme, girls of various ethnic groups of the Chittagong Hill Tracts have been raising their voices to advocate for their needs in their communities and beyond.

The media acts as a mirror of society. Journalists track social trends, shine a light on social justice issues and provide information and analysis that help people make sound decisions in their lives. To remain true to this mission in the age of social media and digital communications, news organizations must cover what is important to audiences, or risk losing relevance. This often means venturing outside comfort zones and looking into issues that are generally underreported or neglected.

Human trafficking and migrant smuggling are global problems, usually involving transnational criminal networks that prey on vulnerable men, women, and children. Statistical analysis by the United Nations indicates a gradual increase in cases of human trafficking. The reason for this is likely to be a combination of increased trafficking activity and better capacity among authorities and NGOs to detect and report trafficking cases.

Gender biases in societal norms (e.g., typecasting women as homemakers, passive followers, or suited for low-end jobs) hinder women’s leadership opportunities in the garment industry and tech-related roles. As Bangladesh’s garment industry becomes automated, many women’s livelihoods could be at risk due to their low representation in managerial roles and their struggles to move into tech-intensive roles, often considered ‘male domains’.

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