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    • Binary Framing of Consent and Coercion of Child Marriage: A Critique 

      Mowri, Seama; Sultana, Rafia; Biswas, Subas; Azmi, Raia; Ahsan, Sairana; Rashid, Sabina F. (Young Lives, 2020)
      The rhetoric around child marriage continues to be framed in binary terms, with the difference between ‘arranged’ and ‘love’ marriages hinging on the concept of consent.1 The context in which consent is constructed, ...
    • Do poor people’s dreams ever come true? Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh 

      Sultan, Maheen; Saeger, Jennifer; Rashid, Sabina F.; Haque, Mohammed Ashraful; Khondaker, Sahida (Springer Link, 2022-02)
      Bangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls’ education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences in motivations, retention, and access to education for adolescents living ...
    • Early Marriage among Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Urban Informal Settlements of Bangladesh 

      Biswas, Subas; Azmi, Raia; Mowri, Seama; Ahsan, Sairana; Sultana, Rafia; Rashid, Sabina F. (Young Lives, 2020)
      Early marriage continues to be a major public health concern and a violation of child rights, particularly in developing countries.1 Girls are disproportionately more likely to marry before the age of 18 compared to ...
    • The Heterogeneous Lives of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Urban Slums in Bangladesh 

      Ahsan, Sairana; Mowri, Seama; Biswas, Subas; Sultana, Rafia; Azmi, Raia; Rashid, Sabina F. (Young Lives, 2020)
      Child marriage is defined as any marriage taking place before the age of 18 years (UNICEF 2018). Around 720 million women worldwide were married before they were 18 years old (UNICEF 2014), of which almost 50% were in ...
    • Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action 

      Adams, Alayne M.; Ahmed, Tanvir; El Arifeen, Shams E.; Evans, Timothy Grant; Huda, Tanvir M.; Reichenbach, Laura J.; Ahmed, Faruque S K; Ahmed, Shamim; Ahmed, Syéd Masud; Azad, Kishwar; Bhuiya, Abbas Uddin; Mahmood, Shehrin Shaila; Cash, Richard A.; Chen, Lincoln; Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi Khan; Chowdhury, Ahmed Mushtaque Raza; Christou, Aliki; Halder, Shantana R.; Husain, Mushtuq Mushtaq; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Islam, Khaled Shamsul; Huq, Shireen; Hussain, Zakir; Mahmud, Simeen; Mallick, Fuad Hassan; May, Maria A.; Osman, Ferdous Arfina; Peters, David H.; Perry, Henry B.; Rabbani, Atonu; Rahman, Mijanur Aminur; Rahman, Mahmudur Ziaur; Rasheed, Sabrina; Rashid, Sabina F.; Al-Sabir, Ahmed; Standing, Hilary; Mahmud, Simeen (© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)
      A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should ...
    • Mobilising demand for primary health care services among urban slums: Insights from a case study in Bangladesh 

      Adams, Alayne M.; Rashid, Sabina F. (Taylor & Francis, 2021-01-23)
      This qualitative case study examines a pilot community mobilisation initiative to increase access to qualified primary health care services among slum dwellers in Bangladesh. Emerging from analysis are a series of key ...