When garment workers received information about job vacancies via text messages, they were more likely to move to better jobs and earn higher wages without sacrificing working conditions.
In an era of shrinking aid budgets and broken assumptions, the development sector can no longer afford to evaluate after the fact. The future belongs to organizations that learn in real time.
Explores how digital connectivity is reshaping community health delivery in Kenya, with a focus on women’s roles and access to essential services
Gen Z-led protests across the Global South challenge authoritarian regimes, driven by corruption, inequality, and digital activism, signaling a generational shift reshaping political dissent and democratic aspirations worldwide.
বয়সের গুরুত্ব কেবল আইনি কাঠামোতেই সীমাবদ্ধ নয়; সামাজিক পরিসরে এটি আরও জটিল ও সূক্ষ্মভাবে কাজ করে।
In Pakistan, a handful of women are challenging entrenched norms by driving rickshaws. Can access to assets, training, and safety support open the door?
Mobile money strengthens women’s financial control not through privacy, but through perceived ownership. Even without secrecy, digital payments and earmarked cash reduce income hiding and shape how money is claimed.
This blog examines long-term evidence from an IVR-based program in 90 Khulna and Satkhira villages, showing how mothers’ involvement in children’s phone-based learning improved digital connectivity, decision-making power, and economic participation.
Dhaka University’s hall renaming campaign risks politicizing martyrdom and suppressing dissent. As dominant forces push enforced unanimity, women students’ resistance underscores that democracy survives through consent, debate, and protecting disagreement—not intimidation.
গণভোট মূলত রাষ্ট্রীয় বা সাংবিধানিক গুরুত্বসম্পন্ন কোনো বিষয়ে জনগণের মতামত জানার একটি প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক পদ্ধতি। তবে বাংলাদেশের বাস্তবতায় প্রশ্ন থেকে যায়, আমাদের সমাজে প্রয়োজনীয় নাগরিক শিক্ষা, তথ্যপ্রবাহ ও প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক সক্ষমতা গড়ে উঠেছে কিনা, যা এই ধরনের একটি প্রক্রিয়াকে অর্থবহ ও সচেতন অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে সফলভাবে বাস্তবায়ন করতে পারে?
