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Study on scaling up Sisimpur’s primary school initiatives

March 5, 2017

IID is assessing the scalability of Sisimpur’s school intervention project on enhancing essential life skills. Sisimpur is a popular initiative of Sesame Workshop Bangladesh, and IID’s study will assess its…

Chittagong Policy Forum on gender and faith-based violence

February 26, 2017

Is capital punishment a legitimate form of violent extremism? Can violent extremism be understood exclusively with or without religions context? What triggers gender or faith-based violence? Is there any religious basis…

IID attending workshop on ensuring data quality

February 2, 2017

IID is attending international course workshop on ‘Data, Statistics and Methods’ hosted by ‘Pratham Education Foundation’ in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India between January 30, 2017 and February 3, 2017. Pratham is…

What do next generation think?

January 26, 2017

The ‘Next Generation 2015 and beyond’ report is published. The ‘Next Generation 2015 and beyond’ research was done realising that the opportunity to engage with young people is now! Multidimensional…

Partners meet for policy advocacy on fairer labour migration

January 26, 2017

IID hosted an experience sharing meeting with the partners of its policy advocacy initiative for fairer labour migration. The partner meeting was held on Thursday the 26 January 2017 at…

Enumerator training for endline survey for UC Berkeley

January 26, 2017

A four-day long enumerator training program was conducted by Team IID from 23 to 26 January. During the training sessions, the trainee enumerators were equipped with the knowledge of various…

Baseline study of EDGE Program

January 4, 2017

Educating girls can bring tremendous socioeconomic dividends in developing countries. According to UNICEF’s Global Partnership for Education, “educating girls…tackles the root causes of poverty.” Several other studies have found that…

Pluralism: A wish that’s not just a wish!

January 1, 2017

Every year IID makes a wish and we make sure that it doesn’t just stay as a wish. The wish not only gets reflected in its New Year’s greetings with…

IID signs contract with PROKAS

December 21, 2016

A large number of labour migrants from Bangladesh use informal channels to start their journeys abroad by putting them in an exacerbated position with higher risk of abuse and exploitation.…

Education policy needs to be aligned with MDG

December 18, 2016

Many countries find it difficult to move from MDG’s focus on ‘education for all’ to the SDG’s focus on quality and lifelong learning, participants observed in the 4th Annual Meetings…

Policy activism inspired by Blockade-the movie!

December 5, 2016

In 1971, few US activists along with Bangladeshi expats launched a campaign against US government’s covert support to Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh. They wanted to stop arms carrying giant ships…

IID’s 10th Policy Breakfast on Clean Cooking and SDGs [video]

November 30, 2016

Affordable alternative energy key to stop household air pollution- rightly pointed out by the participants of IID’s 10th Policy Breakfast. The 10th Policy Breakfast on Clean Cooking and SDGs held…