Youth Climate Justice Workshop

Youth Climate Justice Workshop was held at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, in Mymensingh, on 21st May, 2023, organized by Youth Coalition for Climate Justice in partnership with KOICA, KIDC and supported by SERAC-Bangladesh. The aim of this workshop was to explore the vital role of youth in climate justice, fostering understanding and action […]

SERAC-Bangladesh team paid a visit to The District Family Planning Office

SERAC-Bangladesh team visited District Family Planning office, Mymensingh for orientation meet up with Deputy Director of Family Planning, Mymensingh district; Mr. Kazi Mahfuzul Karim on Safe Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Development project supported by SAAF for survey process & guideline to select public and private health facilities in Mymensingh, Sadar to sensitize the service providers […]

Asia-Pacific Strategic Meeting on ICPD Ecosystem

The Strengthening the ICPD Ecosystem for Advocacy in Asia and the Pacific meeting brought together civil society experts on accountability and the ICPD PoA from across the region.  The strategic meeting took place at a critical juncture for sexual and reproductive rights advocacy in the region, following the 56th Commission on Population and Development (56CPD) […]

Research on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Mapping for Adolescents in Bangladesh

Comprehensive sexuality education provides essential knowledge and life skills. These not only consist of information on safe sex and pregnancy prevention, not to mention cognizant of bodies and limits, respect for others, diversity, and consent. Numerous studies demonstrate the effectiveness of Self-reported risk behaviours associated with CSE (such as reduced frequency of sex, delayed commencement [...]

BNYCFP 2023 Group Registration – Get up to 20% Discount!

Register your group for the upcoming BNYCFP conference and enjoy discounts up to 20%! Groups of 5, 10, and 20 members can avail discounts of 5%, 10%, and 20%, respectively. Additionally, you can also become a BNYCFP Star delegate by registering your group. Don’t miss this opportunity to save big on conference registration fees. Already […]

Knowledge Success Session-3 Pitch Competition

We are delighted to announce that SERAC-Bangladesh was one of the winners of the ‘Knowledge Success Session-3 Pitch Competition‘ out of more than 50 candidates from Asia and Africa! SERAC-Bangladesh’s invention is contextualized SRHR Folk Songs in Bangla. Since information on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is not available in Bangla regional dialects, millions of […]

SERAC-Bangladesh’s Executive Director Joins Prestigious Swedish Institute Leader Lab

We are delighted to share the news that our Executive Director, S M Shaikat has joined in the prestigious Swedish Institute Leader Lab. This program brings together young leaders from across the globe to exchange ideas, insights, and experiences. We take immense pride in having S M Shaikat represent SERAC-Bangladesh in this renowned platform . […]

BNYCFP2023 Registration Form is Open Now!

Wake up the enthusiastic youth! SERAC-Bangladesh is delighted to announce that ‘Bangladesh 8th National Youth Conference on Family Planning 2023’ (BNYCFP2023) is finally approaching! We encourage all interested individuals and groups in Bangladesh largest youth conference of Bangladesh regarding SRHR and family planning. Don’t pass up this fantastic chance to enhance your leadership capacity, skill […]

BNYCFP2023 Co-creation workshop

We are excited to announce that the Bangladesh 8th National Youth Conference on Family Planning is on the horizon, following the successful completion of the BNYCFP2023 Co-Creation workshop. With the participation of all sub-committee members, including staff, volunteers, core members, and executive members, we are confident that the conference will be a huge success as […]

UNDEF Accolades SERAC’s Urban Youth Council Activity

SERAC-Bangladesh’s Executive Director, SM Shaikat called on the Deputy Executive Head of UN Democracy Fund Mikiko Sawanishi, and the Executive Director of the UN Office of Partnerships Annemarie Hou, during a distinct visit to the UN HeadQuarter in New York on April 12, 2023. Krystal Marie Cruz from UNDEF also joined the discussion while Annmarie, […]

SERAC Speaks at the UN CPD56

The Commission on Population and Development emerged from the UN General Assembly resolution 49/128 of December 1994 following the first commission on population in 1946 under resolution 3 (III) of UN ECOSOC. It is a three-tiered intergovernmental mechanism that plays the primary role in the follow-up to the implementation of the Programme of Action of [...]

ORIENTATION ON THE UYC VOTING PROCESS

SERAC-Bangladesh is working towards developing the leadership skills of young people and encouraging their participation in the democratic process through the “Advancing Engagement by Setting Up Urban Youth Councils in Bangladesh” project. The project is being implemented in four municipalities, including Narayanganj, Mymensingh, Rangpur, and Rajshahi. This is funded by UNDEF and supported by UN-HABITAT. […]

3rd National Level Advocacy Meeting to strengthen the quality of Adolescent friendly services by engaging Volunteer Peer Leaders.

3rd National Level Advocacy meeting on adolescent-friendly health services was held at Dhaka on February 27, 2023 by SERAC-Bangladesh with the support from the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), and Pathfinder International under the USAID Shukhi Jibon project.   The meeting was moderated by the Executive Director of SERAC-Bangladesh SM Shaikat with the chair […]

Orientation on The UYC Voting Process

Orientation on the UYC voting process took place in Mymensingh today with the selected data collectors on how to register youth voters and were introduced to the UYC voting website. Mohabul Hossain Razib, the Public Relations Officer of Mymensingh City Corporation joined the session. This training was led by our Communication and Outreach Officer Mizanur […]

SERAC-Bangladesh team paid a courtesy visit to the UN Office of Partnerships Annemarie Hou.

SERAC-Bangladesh team paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Director of the UN Office of Partnerships Annemarie Hou, and other UN colleagues at a hotel in Dhaka today. During the meeting, a brief discussion took place around the ongoing projects of SERAC-Bangladesh especially the Advancing Engagement by Setting Up Urban Youth Councils in Bangladesh project […]

2nd Sub-National (District) Advocacy Meeting on Adolescent Health Services in Dhaka & Mymensingh Held

Young volunteer affiliations will enhance the quality of adolescent-friendly services. In a strong hope to establish this slogan, in collaboration with the Directorate General of Family Planning under USAID the ‘Shukhi Jibon’ project with the technical support of Pathfinder International SERAC-Bangladesh organized 2nd Sub-National Advocacy Meetings in Dhaka & Mymensingh on 24th and 31st January […]

Training on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (#PSEA)

SERAC-Bangladesh in collaboration with Bapsa and support from Ipas Bangladesh organized Training on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (#PSEA). The purpose of this training was to understand the project staff on protecting people, particularly women, adolescents, children, at-risk adults, and beneficiaries from harm that may be caused due to their contact in the relevant […]

Learning Sharing Workshop

SERAC-Bangladesh team has joined the learning sharing workshop of the Improving SRHR services of SKS hospital and its Satellite Clinincs in Bangladesh project on 21 Jan, 2023. It was a great experience to work with SKS, Nuffic Global Development, CINOP, and Consiglieri to develop knowledge products for Adolescents, parents, and service providers of the Char […]

National Adolescent Health Conference

We, #SERAC_Bangladesh team are now at National Adolescent Health Conference. Join us at SERAC’s #stall, a #session moderated by our Executive Director, SM Shaikat and a #poster presentation hall, presented by our Program Manager, Tasnia Ahmed; as well as SBCC Officer : Nazmul Hasan , SBCC Officer : Khadija Kalam , SBCC Officer : Apurba […]

UYC Information Sharing and Electoral Process Meeting with City Councilor in Mymensingh

SERAC-Bangladesh with the support from the UN Democracy Fund and UN-Habitat is initiating urban youth councils in four city corporations of the country, namely Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Narayanganj under the “Advancing Engagement by Setting Up Urban Youth Councils in Bangladesh” project. Concerning that UYC information sharing meeting held on January 9th to conduct the […]

Youth Volunteers Improving Quality of Adolescent Health Centers

A national level advocacy meeting on adolescent-friendly healthcare services was held at Dhaka on December 12, by SERAC-Bangladesh with the support from the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), and Pathfinder International under the USAID Shukhi Jibon project. The meeting was moderated by the Executive Director of SERAC-Bangladesh SM Shaikat with the Joint Secretary & […]

We are hiring Finance and Admin Associate (Trainee)!

Job Title:    Finance and Admin Associate (Trainee) Vacancy: Not specific. Job Summary:  The Finance and Admin Associate (Trainee) assists the Mymensingh local office of finance and administration in managing, processing, project maintaining and troubleshooting various accounts and transactions. From time to time the Finance Associate may be required to provide administrative support. The Finance […]

Dialogue on Social Media Campaign

We have organized a social media campaign focused peacebuilding and fact checking to counter religious fake news on social media. It will help the targeted social media users to identify the misinformation, disinformation and fabricated news that can trigger religious violence. Some of the young professionals and volunteer shared their thoughts about the power of […]

Adolescent Friendly Service Delivery week-2022

SERAC-Bangladesh along with Pathfinder International, under the USAID Shukhi Jibon project, celebrated a week-long of Adolescent SRH service delivery week in the 20 Adolescent Friendly Health Centers (AFHCs) under the Directorate General of Family Planning in the four districts (Dhaka, Narayanganj, Mymensingh and Netrokona). The celebration started on 13 November 2022 and continued till 18 […]

ICESCO Names SM Shaikat Youth Peace Ambassador

The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) emanated educational, scientific, and cultural agency ICESCO has nominated SERAC-Bangladesh’s Executive Director SM Shaikat as its youth peace ambassador in Bangladesh for his outstanding contribution in the promotion of peace, democracy and civic participation among youths at national, international, and the UN spaces. The ICESCO headquarter confirmed this via [...]