Women

JAAGO Foundation is committed to promoting the empowerment of women and girls across Bangladesh. Through a range of community-based and rights-focused initiatives, JAAGO supports marginalised girls with access to education, skills, and protection, particularly in vulnerable and hard-to-reach areas.

In Cox's Bazar, including the local surfing community, JAAGO provides alternative and non-formal education to out-of-school girls, alongside initiatives promoting reproductive health, menstrual hygiene, and women's participation in decision-making structures. Youth-led campaigns across the country actively address gender-based violence and promote positive behavioural change within communities.

In collaboration with UN Women, UNICEF, and the New Zealand Embassy, JAAGO works to eliminate harmful gender stereotypes through awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, and the promotion of inclusive practices. These projects focus on menstrual health awareness, gender policy reform, and skills development for adolescent girls.

Through the "ODOMMO" project funded by the Malala Fund, the Foundation is working to ensure quality education for 1,000 girls by improving access, retention, and learning environments, with a strong focus on community-led advocacy.

JAAGO is also implementing the Girls' Education and Skills Programme (GESP), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). This project supports 11,000 marginalised girls (aged 14–25) in Cox's Bazar and Bandarban, equipping them with technical, vocational, and life skills, and creating safe learning spaces that foster education, protection, and pathways to economic empowerment.

Additionally, under the "Shomotay Tarunno: Youth for Equality" project, JAAGO is engaging over 20,000 youth, with a strong focus on empowering girls to challenge harmful gender norms and lead advocacy efforts across all eight divisions of the country. The project mobilises youth leaders, media, and educational institutions to promote gender-responsive content and build accountability among key stakeholders.

Through the "Nobodoy: Alternative Climate Adaptive Livelihood for Vulnerable Communities" project, JAAGO is building climate-resilient skills among women and youth, enhancing girls' and women's access to markets and financial services, and increasing community-wide awareness of climate and social challenges.

In Khulna and Savar, through the Digital Gender Norms project 800 adolescent girls and young women are sensitized through multi perspective sessions on digital media awareness, opportunities regarding learning and alternative income sources through internet, social media safety practices and digital media's potential in their lives. In addition to these 800 girls, 800 influencers such as parents or husband's are also sensitized with 400 similar age adolescent boys and young men are trained also for peer to peer coordination and cooperations, accelerating girls to the modern era of digital media.

Women Projects

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