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Youth Workshop Equips Young Changemakers with GESI Lens for Community Action

October 28, 2025

Following the July 2024 political transition, Bangladesh has witnessed both democratic momentum and rising social challenges. Several reports and print media indicate a post-August spike in gender-based violence, harassment in…

Policy Hackathon 2025- Education in Times of Transition: Youth Lead the Conversation on Inclusive Learning

October 21, 2025

Amid rapid technological change, social instability, gender-based violence, climate disruption, and political volatility, Bangladesh’s education sector stands at a critical crossroads. Recognizing this pressing issue, IID and Youth for Policy…

Capturing Children’s Learning Story: ICAN–ICAR in Bangladesh

October 12, 2025

Across the world, millions of children attend school yet still struggle to master basic reading and math. This “learning gap” is a challenge shared by countries everywhere, including Bangladesh. These…

“Teachers and students are growing apart — we must rebuild that emotional bridge to revive true learning.” This reflection came during discussions at the Policy Hackathon 2025.

October 10, 2025

The Policy Hackathon 2025, organized by the Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) and Youth for Policy (YfP), brought together 60 young innovators from 15 districts across Bangladesh under the…

Tea Garden Youth Advocate for Women’s Rights in Sreemangal

August 24, 2025

We need to form a committee with five adolescent girls and five women, who will identify local problems and bring them to the president’s attention, so that solutions can be…

Youth-Led Social Audit Uncovers Key Community Challenges Ahead of National Reforms

July 24, 2025

Youth across the country have played a vital and selfless role in bringing national attention to the urgent need to address deep-rooted structural imbalances in Bangladesh’s development journey. While urban…

Greener Earth 2.0: Youth Take Climate Action to Local Communities

July 10, 2025

With 1,245 young people engaged across 20 districts, Youth for Policy’s (YfP) latest environmental campaign demonstrated that meaningful climate action can start at the grassroots and with youth in the…

Speaker at UNESCO NEQMAP 2024 calling for urgent action on foundational learning assessments

From Data to Action: Rethinking Foundational Learning as 2030 Nears

July 8, 2025

At the UNESCO Asia-Pacific education meeting in Bangkok, Syeed Ahamed of IID urged the global education community to use learning data as a springboard for change. With the 2030 deadline…

Northern Floods: Youth Voices Demand Policy and Local Action

July 7, 2025

Every year during the monsoon, people in northern Bangladesh live in constant fear of devastating floods. For them, rain is not a joy but a warning — of disruption, destruction,…

Youth for Policy participants from across Bangladesh engaged in social accountability training, learning tools for community change and citizen-centered governance.

Driving Community Transformation with Youth-Led Social Accountability

June 24, 2025

Following Bangladesh’s recent democratic transition, significant changes have taken place across civil society and governance structures, influencing both the mindset and daily lives of its citizens. In this situation, introducing…

Youth advocacy workshop in Sri Lanka with Education Out Loud partners systematizing practice-based knowledge for youth-led policy advocacy and accountability in Asia Pacific.

Partners Unite to Systematize Practice-Based Knowledge for Youth-Led Advocacy and Accountability

June 21, 2025

To strengthen youth-led policy advocacy and accountability across Asia Pacific, partner organizations of the Education Out Loud (EOL) project partners gathered in Sri Lanka for a regional-level Learning Collaborative Workshop.…

Who gets to author the future of AI in Bangladesh’s educational ecosystems?

June 12, 2025

Reclaiming imagination, inclusion, and integrity in an algorithmic age Shakil Ahmed & Kazi Ferdous Pavel This article was originally published in Dhaka Tribune on S12 Jun 2025. AI is no longer a…