Overview of projects in Bangladesh

Midwifery Education, Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Midwives for Parbatipur

Maternal mortality in Bangladesh remains high, mainly due to the lack of health care professionals. Therefore, the new project of Women's Hope and LAMB supports the training of midwives in Parbatipur.

Ending Child Marriage, Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Ending Child Marriage

The project contributes to ending early marriages of children in Bangladesh. Girls should be able to decide themselves, when to get married and to whom. The project aims to empower girls and to mobilise families and the community to develop new norms and behavioural patterns concerning child marriages.

End Fistula, Bangladesh

Bangladesh: End Fistula

Many women suffering from an obstetric fistula don't know that their injury can be healed. Through a targeted awareness-raising campaign, affected women are reached and can then be operated. After the surgery, the women are supported and accompagnied on their way of social reintegration.

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Facts about Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka
Population: 164.67 million
Life expectancy at birth: 72.5 years
Physians: 47.2 per 100'000 population
Infant mortality rate:
26.9 per 1'000 live births
Maternal mortality rate:
176 per 100,000 live births

Source: The World Bank Data

Programme Manager

Maxence Couche-Franquet

Maxence Couche-Franquet
+41 31 991 55 56

Program contribution

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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) supports the country program of Women's Hope International in Bangladesh through a program contribution.