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From bystander to changemaker: Anayet's journey as an adolescent peer leader

When Anayet first set foot in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, the struggle was immediate. At only nine, he was tasked with the daily, demanding ritual of gathering firewood and water for makeshift cooking for his family. As time passed, his responsibilities grew, and he found himself hauling gas cylinde...

Courage over fear: Surviving child abuse and violence

In Barishal Sadar's Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Industrial Zone, the harsh realities of poverty weigh heavily on its residents, where marginalized families struggle to make ends meet. In the face of poverty, many families cannot provide the basic needs for their children, leaving th...

Children living in Street Situations in Bangladesh 2024

This study dives deeper into the hotspots where children living or working on the streets usually gather and work. Currently, as featured in the report, more than 3.4 million children find themselves in street situations in Bangladesh without parental care. The report, featuring the voices of over 400 children spa...

The Government expands Social Service Workforce by 40 per cent, supported by UNICEF, to strengthen Child Protection Services in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 14 March 2024 - The Government of Bangladesh, supported by UNICEF, has hired more than 1,200 social workers in child protection services. This notable initiative underscores the importance of ensuring the welfare of children and families across the nation. As a first step towards their integration in the Ch...

22 February 2024

From child labour to education

Nur was only seven when he fled from his home in Myanmar in 2017 with his parents and siblings. Since then, he has been residing in the sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, where displacement is a daily reality and child labour has become a norm for many Rohingya families. The issue of violence against children...

“I used to be scared of people because of how they treated us”

Hasib does not know his exact age. He guesses that he should be 12 now, and that he first came to Dhaka from his village in southwestern Bangladesh when he was just 7. He does not remember much of his childhood, but he remembers how sad and angry he felt when he had to leave his home, in search of a better life. H...

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, Tomoo Hozumi, on child deaths in factory fire

Dhaka, 11 July 2021 – “UNICEF mourns the children who lost their lives in a fire in a food processing factory in Rupganj, Bangladesh, on 8 July. We offer our deepest sympathies to the families of those who died, were injured, or remain unaccounted for. With over 50 casualties reported, as many as 16 or more of these may be children. “As families…

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

Multimedia assets available here NEW YORK/GENEVA/DHAKA, 12 June 2021 – The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to a new report by the International L...

COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour - ILO and UNICEF

NEW YORK/GENEVA/DHAKA 12 June 2020 – Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. According to COVID...