Tags: Bangladesh
Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "Bangladesh".
In Bangladesh, Staying at Home Isn't An Option
Children living on the streets have few safe places to go during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
A Silent Crisis
A nationwide lockdown across Bangladesh brings an increased risk of gender-based violence for Rohingya and Bangladeshi women and girls.
Beyond survival: The need for education for Rohingya refugees
Rohingya children and youth are increasingly frustrated because of the shortfall in education opportunities available to them in the refugee camps. Without access to education and development opportunities, thousands of Rohingya are at risk of becoming a lost generation.
A Gathering Storm: Climate Change in Bangladesh
With massive tropical storms and instances of heavy flooding on the rise, climate change is clouding the future of children in Bangladesh.
Saving Newborn Lives in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, UNICEF is building Special Care New Born Units (SCANU) in local hospitals, to supply aid to newborns and infants – especially those who are in need of emergency intervention.
Ending Child Labour at Every Step of the Supply Chain
Millions of children around the world are trapped in child labour, depriving them of their childhood, their health and education, and condemning them to a life of poverty and want. Of course, there is work that children do to help their families in ways that are neither harmful nor exploitative. But many children are stuck in unacceptable work for children – a serious violation of their rights.
Year in Review: UNICEF’s Work in 2018
Although we’d love to showcase all of the hard work done by UNICEF staffers, volunteers and partners this year, we’ve only got so much space so join us as we look back at some of our key moments in 2018.
Rohingya children have escaped persecution, but they can’t outrun the monsoon rains
Monsoon season in Bangladesh: having escaped persecution in Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are now at risk from the wild rains and storms hammering the region.
2017: A look back at UNICEF’s biggest achievements in South Sudan and Bangladesh
In our line of work, it can often seem like no matter what we do, the world just keeps on spinning out of control. Children suffer. Children starve. Children are out of school. At UNICEF, we try our best to protect them. To feed them. To get them back in school. We make a lot of noise, and sometimes the world hears us, sometimes it doesn’t. But we carry on anyway. We have no other choice because the cries and pleas of children are too deafening to our ears.
Child trafficking is a price we must not let the Rohingya pay
How much is a child worth?