Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF)
Recognise women’s household work: MJF
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday said the government must recognise women’s domestic work to achieve gender equality (SDG 5).
‘Indigenous In the Edge’ outlines lives of 17 ethnic groups in Bangladesh
Members of each community have reviewed the information that attempts to offer insight into the histories, homes, the clans and tribes that make up each community, the food habits and religious and cultural practices, and the languages, written and oral, they employ.
Recognise women’s household work: MJF
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday said the government must recognise women’s domestic work to achieve gender equality (SDG 5).
If kids aren’t safe at home, where will they be?
Study reveals a disturbing picture of child abuse in Bangladeshi households
‘32.8% people in 2 coastal upazilas had no income during 65-day fishing ban’
Some 32.8 percent people involved in fishing in two coastal upazilas had no income during the government-imposed 65-day fishing ban till July 23 this year, says a report of Manusher Jonno Foundation.
MJF concerned over rise in abuse of domestic workers
Expressing concern over rise in abuse of domestic workers, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has condemned torture of a 10-year old domestic help Achhia in the capital’s Mirpur area.
Manusher Jonno Foundation mourns death of Niloufer Manzur
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a non-government organisation, mourns the death of renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School, Niloufer Manzur, after the 74-year-old succumbed to Covid-19 infection.
Coronavirus crisis: MJF urges govt to set up fund for informal sector workers
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) today urged the government to set up a special ‘Leave No One Behind Fund’ to ease the suffering of marginalised communities and workers in the informal sector affected by the shutdown over coronavirus crisis.
MJF employees to donate one day’s salary for making coronavirus kits
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a rights organisation, today said its employees will donate one day’s salary to Gonoshasthaya Kendra in an effort to help the health centre produce coronavirus-detection kits.
44pc ethnic minority women in CHT victims of domestic violence: MJF study
Forty-four percent women of the ethnic minority communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have experienced violence at home at least once in their lifetime, a survey by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has revealed.
Sexual Abuse at Workplace: Victims don’t file complaints
Women facing sexual harassment at work often do not lodge complaints due to fear of losing jobs and being stigmatised, speakers told a roundtable.