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Invisible women: making the hard realities visible
By Anjali Sarker “How can we work without food?” “I worked for two years for my employer and I’ve only received one year’s salary.” “My employer removed all of my clothes... Read More
The World of Development Blogs: From Serious to Irreverent, Practitioners Speak Up
By Jessica Meckler With the variety of blogs available online, it should come with little surprise that development blogs are plentiful. While this might seem a bit like homework at first – more rea... Read More
Why Consider “Information Design”?
By Inara S. Tareque There is no point in collecting or presenting data, if the target audience cannot comprehend them. Often times, it is not only very difficult to ascertain useful information from d... Read More
In whose interest is it to discriminate?
In 1988, Mosharraf Hossain was denied a job in the Bangladesh civil service. This wasn’t because he didn’t have the skills to do the job; he had a Masters in Economics from the University of Dhaka... Read More
Innovation challenge – with a prize
Interested in winning a prize of $2,500 USD? Submit written text of 750 words or less, a video submission of 5 minutes or less, or an audio submission of 5 minutes or less that captures your work by A... Read More
Getting to know our partner: an open dialogue between BRAC and DFID
What if you open your work email and a million dollar question awaits- “How well do YOU know your partner?” Wait a minute! We are not talking about your spouse. In this case, we are referring to t... Read More
The invisible cost of cash
By Hitoishi Chakma You have to pay a bill for using electronic money such as bKash or mPesa. In comparison you do not really have to pay to use cash. It is in your pocket and whenever you’re ... Read More
যৌন হয়রানির বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার শিক্ষার্থীরা
চট্টগ্রামের একটি নামকরা সরকারি বালিকা বিদ্যালয়ের প্রধান শিক্ষিকার রুমের ... Read More