A cyclist takes the message to the streets of Satkhira. The area experienced significant political violence in the run-up to and during the January 2014 elections, including road blocks, picketing, vandalism, arson and attacks on minority communitie
Billal Hossain is a young Imam and member of the local community security working group. Youth will make up 43% of Bangladesh’s population by 2025, but they are increasingly marginalised and feel excluded from decision-making processes. Youths are a
Sexual harassment or ‘eve teasing’ of girls on their way to school is a regular occurrence on streets such as this one in Satkhira. The abuse, which includes cat-calling and taking images on mobile phones, impacts on the day-to-day lives of women an
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Shopkeeper Abu Hanif sits with village community police officers Swapan Mridha and Anwar Hossain Khan. In Kachua there is one police officer for every 1,300 people. To bridge the gap in capacity, the local government chairman also employs four villa
Many areas in Bangladesh are below sea level, and at a high risk of flooding. This creates additional pressures for local communities. Kachua, Bagerhat  
Shahidul Islam and his wife Taslima work their land. They have lived in the area their whole lives, but have no evidence that proves legal ownership. When the land was linked to redevelopment by the government to improve water and sanitation after f
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