By Sadia Afrin Suvra
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The “Women’s Empowerment through Livelihoods, Skills and Economic Agency: A Qualitative Study of SWAPNO Beneficiaries in Cumilla” examines how the SWAPNO Project contributes to the economic and social empowerment of vulnerable women through an integrated combination of livelihood support, technical and vocational skills, savings and financial management, health and nutritional awareness, and confidence building. Drawing on field-level evidence from 27 key informant interviews with beneficiaries participating in formal sector training, the study explores changes in women’s economic participation, household decision-making, financial agency, social recognition, wellbeing,...
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This study examined the efficacy of food and cash transfers in enhancing food security and livelihoods of the ultra-poor in rural Bangladesh, with...
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This guide aims to assist National Society staff and volunteers throughout the world in undertaking food security assessments. It does not require prior...
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This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies,...
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Niger is the epicentre of hunger. Here, it is chronic. Corrosive. Structural. Systemic. Over 65 per cent of people survive on less than...
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The Daily Star
Friday, January 20, 2012
Food security plays an important role in social and political stability of a country. But sustaining agricultural growth...
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The importance of optimal nutrition for health and human development is well recognised. At the time of Independence the country faced two major...
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“Attaining food security will be possible through a coordinated implementation of the programmes of all concerned ministries and agencies as set in the...
Bangladesh has made significant progress in boosting national food production. However, a large part of the population still lacks access to sufficient, safe and...