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Review Migration Policies and Process Through Gender Lens

February 15, 2018

All development work and government policies should be audited through the gender lens, since female migrants face different challenges and problems than male migrants throughout the whole process. Whenever any…

Exposure Visit to BMET, Jessore for #MigrantFirst

February 14, 2018

IID recently visited BMET on 14th February 2018 in Jessore as to collect one on one stories of migrants as a part of Migrants First (প্রবাসী প্রথম), social media campaign.…

Vacancy: Content Writer for Annual Report

February 7, 2018

listThe work The person will develop the annual report of a government agency working on migration. Tasks will include drafting the massages of senior government officials, history and functions/ activities…

Political unity for women’s participation in politics

February 3, 2018

Senior leaders from AL, BNP, JP and left parties came together at IID’s 15th Policy Breakfast to promote women’s direct participation in politics. Politics is still dominated by ‘men’s club’,…

‘বিভুঁই’ (Bibhui) app has hit the market

February 2, 2018

Aiming to serve Bangladeshi labour migrants in each and every corner of the world, IID released ‘বিভুঁই’ (Bibhui) in iOS app store, an app that provides feasible solution to most…

Work Collaboratively to End Modern Slavery

January 31, 2018

Slavery, which is thought to be legally abolished hundreds of years ago, still persists in the form of modern day slavery across the border. While millions of people are enslaved…

symposium for library policy

January 24, 2018

The dialogue on ‘Libraries Unlimited: Transform libraries, transform lives’ was held on 23 and 24 January 2018 at British Council Auditorium and was jointly hosted by the British Council Bangladesh,…

Transform libraries, transform lives

January 24, 2018

The conversation on libraries is fast changing from frustrated musings to dreaming large, with a series of library modernization programs underway in Bangladesh, mentioned the speakers at a policy dialogue…

Experience Sharing Workshop between IID & Samriddhi

January 17, 2018

The International Workshop on Experience Sharing between IID & Samriddhi was held to kickstart IID’s recent initiative by exchanging knowledge & experience in the field of youth leadership, networking &…

Barisal Policy Forum: Political Empowerment of Women to Stop Gender-based Violence

January 12, 2018

An engaging discussion at Barisal Policy Forum at the 12th of January, 2018 was on three issues: violence against women, faith based violence and youth on election. The event was…

All Development Initiatives Should Internalize a Gender Guideline

January 11, 2018

Every development initiatives should be implemented following a gender guideline especially in case of more gender sensitive issues, for example migration and climate vulnerability. Gender equality and social inclusion are…

Public Knowledge on Migration Remains Low Despite Ample of Available Information

December 22, 2017

About 50% people are unaware of the information and support services for safer migration provided by the Government or NGO’s. This has been revealed from the survey conducted by IID…