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August 12, 2018
Published by Jane Alex Robinson at Aug 12 2018
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Welcome to the Global South of today. Entrepreneurship is on the rise. Innovation is blossoming. Opportunities are endless if we can harness the power of youth. This November, we are bringing young activists together with policymakers, social entrepreneurs, and development practitioners for the 6th Annual Frugal Innovation Forum (FIF) - rethinking and co-creating solutions that scale opportunities for youth.
August 2, 2018
We are excited to announce that Frugal Innovation Forum is going to take place from 3-4 March, 2019 with a spotlight on youth.
July 4, 2018
Published by Siki Kigongo at Jul 04 2018
It is no secret that Uganda’s infrastructure projects are extending beyond the capital city. However, it is a double-edged sword. There exists the ‘invisible’ effect, the dark side of these projects - especially for children and women.
February 6, 2018
Published by Sameeha Suraiya at Feb 06 2018
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What is one of the surest ways to damage our futures? Create a world without books. Stub out curiosity, imagination and dreaming, and block the exchange of ideas and knowledge.
January 30, 2018
Published by Shafqat Aurin at Jan 30 2018
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Remember when Segway launched in 2002? It was predicted to revolutionise transportation and hit the $1 billion sales mark faster than any company in history. But by 2010 it had sold less than 30,000 units and was termed as one of the 10 biggest tech failures of the decade.
January 25, 2018
Published by Zaian Chowdhury at Jan 25 2018
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The radio is on full blast as we drive down the winding roads of north-eastern Bangladesh. News, music, discussions. As we come closer to Moulvibazar city, the young people we are travelling with turn up the volume even more. The dialect changes. Everything is suddenly in their local tongue - Sylheti.
January 3, 2018
Published by Dibarah Mahboob at Jan 03 2018
When the rest of the world relates ‘self-defense’ to learning physical, martial arts skills, what does it mean for young girls from a displaced community, which also happens to be the world’s most persecuted minority? Do they realise that raising voices can be one of the most critical tools in their self-defence kits? Our social workers have begun empowering adolescent girls from the Rohingya community by creating awareness of their own agency.
December 7, 2017
Published by Salman Sabbab at Dec 07 2017
BRAC supported the Australian government’s Alumni Innovation Challenge this year, a platform that provides participants with funding to implement development solutions in their native countries.
December 1, 2017
Published by Samira Syed at Dec 01 2017
Loss of hearing is the second most common disability in Bangladesh. People with hearing impairments make up 16% of the total disabled population.
November 26, 2017
Deep inside the chaotic makeshift settlements of Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar, is a spacious, shaded, colourful place. A bamboo structure with handmade decorations hanging from the walls. Curious onlookers gather outside the thatched windows, attracted by the rhythm.
July 15, 2017
Published by Joydeep Sinha Roy at Jul 15 2017
Brishty Akhter, 18, is a skilled tailor who owns a business where she trains and employs other girls in southern Bangladesh. She started learning tailoring at 16 and then her parents used the money that they had saved for her marriage to buy her the business.
March 7, 2017
Published by Zaian Chowdhury at Mar 07 2017
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You may have read the news today. A teenager was harassed on her way back from school. A housewife, raped and murdered. Just the other day, you read about the rape of an eight-month-old baby. Do these stories bother you? Or did you fold up the newspaper and sigh in relief thinking, “At least my daughter is safe.”