The United Nations labour agency (ILO) today welcomed an agreement signed by international fashion brands and retailers, and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters and insisted action had to happen immediately on improving conditions in factories in Bangladesh. CH-UNTV
Three generations on, Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh still require food assistance to get by. They have little chance to earn money as working outside the camp is not allowed. UNHCR
In Bangladesh, six young people from mostly underprivileged backgrounds have been given an extraordinary opportunity. They've been trained as broadcast journalists. UNICEF
UNICEF is training health care workers to tend to the needs of people in the isolated vast wetlands of Sunamganj district in North East Bangladesh. UNICEF
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (26 September) announced that he has secured 1.5 billion US dollars in commitments for a new initiative to increase access to, and the quality of, education for children worldwide. UNTV
Although Bangladesh, whose total urban population is 41.7 million people has made significant improvements in providing access to primary education, children living in urban slums are the most disadvantaged. The State of the World’s Children (SOWC) report will be launched Tuesday 28 February in Mexico City, Mexico and in New York City. UNICEF
Just over half the world’s population, including more than a billion children, now live in cities and towns, more people than any other time in human history. Traditionally, people move to cities to improve their lives, but a new UNICEF report shows that urban life also hides great disparities between the rich and the poor. [...]
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visited a care facility this week in Bangladesh where orphaned and homeless girls are given a safe place to live, each one with a story to tell of violence, abuse and abandonment. UNICEF
At the Natwarpara Primary School in Bangladesh children are not only learning how to read write and count but how to protect themselves and their families when disaster strikes. UNICEF
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrapped up the first leg of his Asian tour in Bangladesh Tuesday, highlighting the progress made by the country in advancing women’s and children’s health. OCHA