Skills Training for Advancing Resources

December 1, 2017

How to increase the world’s GDP by 7%: Employ people with disabilities

Loss of hearing is the second most common disability in Bangladesh. People with hearing impairments make up 16% of the total disabled population.
March 8, 2016
The skilled girl effect

The skilled girl effect: Worth more than the US and Chinese economies put together

An hour away in the rural town of Tongi, Mahmuda Akhter, 16, sits in a mobile phone servicing shop in the main market. A stressed looking customer rushes in with his phone. Holding a small screwdriver, Mahmuda pries open the cover of his mobile and diagnoses the problem.
June 29, 2015

Restoring the dignity of Bangladesh’s children living in poverty

In Bangladesh, there has been significant improvement in primary and secondary education. But the fact remains that as many as four million children remain out of school each year, mainly due to challenges of accessibility and affordability or being compelled to choose between earning and education.
January 14, 2013

The motorcycle girl

Khadija’s story, posted in the features section of the BRAC site, shows how vocational training can break down barriers in traditional societies and ultimately lead to families lifting themselves out of poverty.