Informes

This update communicates the activities of Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group in Bangladesh in the month of June and July and shares some useful information and resources on the gender mainstreaming in humanitarian action.

SUMMARY OF THE EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has approved a total of CHF 499,930 for Heatwave Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. The approved amount consists of an…

by Natasha Chabbra Last week marked six years since the mass displacement of Rohingyas from Rakhine state in Myanmar. According to the United Nations, around 10,000 people were killed in an alleged genocidal operation, and more than 700,000…

DHAKA, 27 August 2023 – With more than 21,000 cases of dengue reported among children under the age of 15, UNICEF is intensifying its support to the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh to contain the…

In the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) partnered with the community to create a 3D mural for children in our care, illustrating a Rohingya folktale, or kyssa. Busy…

Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 25, 2023 — “Six years have passed since over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar. The situation in Bangladesh has now evolved into a protracted crisis, with almost a million people struggling to survive.…

Statement by Wendy McCance, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s country director in Bangladesh on the six-year mark since 700,000 Rohingya refugees sought safety in the country: “Six long years after fleeing their homeland, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are…

Erin G Wettstone, Md Ohedul Islam, Lauren Hughlett, Claire Reagen, Tahmina Shirin, Mahbubur Rahman, Kawsar Hosan, Md Raihanul Hoque, Stephanie A Brennhofer, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Yoann Mira, Lukas von Tobel, Rashidul Haque, Mami Taniuchi, Isobel…

DHAKA, August 24, 2023 – The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $250,000 in emergency assistance to help communities in the Bandarban district recover from deadly monsoon flooding and…

This policy brief has been written by Lucia Letsch, Shouro Dasgupta and Elizabeth JZ Robinson Nearly 60% of Bangladesh’s population is exposed to high flood risk, a higher proportion of the population than in any other country…