CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR GENDER, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (CGSRHR)
Established in 2008, The Centre aims to promote a broader understanding of gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Bangladesh and in the region through research, policy, advocacy and training activities. Using both academic and action-based research, the Centre generates knowledge and translates it into advocacy-based action for social change. Research topics under the Centre include HIV/AIDS, reproductive health service, gender-based violence, child marriage, digital tools for SRHR, bodily rights and behaviour change communication.
To promote SRHR, the Centre organises and conducts short trainings and courses that aim to stimulate critical thinking and reflections among practitioners. The Centre also facilitates advocacy efforts with various partners and networks to bring about greater awareness on relevant areas of SRHR work. Recent advocacy efforts have addressed SRHR and law, masculinity and men’s sexual health, and rights-based issues of minorities and disadvantaged communities.
Centre Leads
Professor Sabina Faiz Rashid
Professor, Mushtaque Chowdhury Chair in Health and Poverty, and Director, Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR), at BRAC JPGSPH, and Honourary Professor, International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Bachera Aktar, PhD
Deputy Director, Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR)
Latest Research Projects
Infertility and Assisted Reproduction as Violent Experiences for Women in Bangladesh: Arts-based Intervention to Address GBV (Arts for I-ARTs)
This interdisciplinary research project proposes engaging with the ways Gender Based Violence (GBV) is constructed within the infertility discourse and treatment for infertility in Bangladesh. The aim is to provide evidence to demonstrate how infertility leads to various forms of abuse and co-design art-based interventions.
The Together Project 2.0: Co-creation and Co-evaluation of Accessible and Gender-sensitive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Education Video Series for and with Youth in Vulnerable Situations in Uganda and Bangladesh.
This participatory research project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). BRAC JPGSPH, BRAC University, is implementing this project in Bangladesh, and Gulu Disabled Persons’ Union (GDPU) is implementing it in Uganda. School of Public Health, University of Montreal (ESPUM), Canada, is the global lead. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and L3S* Canada are technical partners.
Adapting Climate Change Education Skills and Sustainability for Advancing Locally-Led Solutions
ACCESS4ALL is a collaborative project by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Independent University Bangladesh, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, University of Maastricht and University of Heidelberg. The project aims to develop skills for green transformation and advancing contextualised knowledge on locally-led solutions among students, professionals and practitioners through two short practice-based courses and the Green Learning Hub, a free repository of best practices, courses and resources on climate change and sustainable development.