Bangladesh

Deux ans après le génocide des Rohingyas au Myanmar, les défenseur·es canadien·nes des droits humains attendent toujours que le gouvernement libéral respecte ses responsabilités légales et morales à l’égard de la minorité musulmane.

Taking a stroll through the endless clothes racks of a Canadian mall is generally not a terribly edifying experience. For some, it’s a chance to pass a carefree day with friends, for others it’s an opportunity to update their wardrobe with the hottest brands and styles, and yet for others, it’s merely a necessary evil: a trip to buy new clothes for their children or for work.

Taking a stroll through the endless clothes racks of a Canadian mall is generally not a terribly edifying experience. For some, it’s a chance to pass a carefree day with friends, for others it’s an opportunity to update their wardrobe with the hottest brands and styles, and yet for others, it’s merely a necessary evil : a trip to buy new clothes for their children or for work.

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Bangladesh receives hundreds of millions of dollars a year in foreign aid money, but much of it is ineffective due to such issues as poor project management. This video poses the question "is foreign aid really necessary ?" and takes an informal look at the current picture of foreign aid in Bangladesh —its problems and contradictions— through the eyes of four local experts : Mr. Saiful Huq, General Secretary of the Worker’s Party of Bangladesh, Dr. Anu Muhammad, Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University, Dr. Piash Karim, Professor of Sociology at BRAC University, and Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Executive Director of VOICE Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has a long history with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), having received cumulative public sector loans to the tune of 11,4 billion
since 1973.

Almost half of this money has gone towards the energy and transport sectors, with less than 10 percent devoted to water supply and sanitation, public policy, health and social sectors combined. In 2007 alone, the ADB approved over 1,1 $ billion in loans, of which half is earmarked for energy infrastructure projects.

Bangladesh has a long history with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), having received cumulative public sector loans to the tune of 11,4 billion
since 1973.

Almost half of this money has gone towards the energy and transport sectors, with less than 10 percent devoted to water supply and sanitation, public policy, health and social sectors combined. In 2007 alone, the ADB approved over 1,1 $ billion in loans, of which half is earmarked for energy infrastructure projects.

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Lors de leur stages au Bangladesh avec VOICE en 2008, Aude Leroux-Lévesque et Parker Mah ont pu réaliser un court documentaire.

Les « reflect circles » sont une initiative de l’organisme VOICE, au Bangladesh, qui vise une plus grande éducation des femmes bangladaises en milieu rural. Chaque jour, plusieurs femmes se retrouvent pour apprendre à lire, écrire et compter, et pour discuter d’enjeux qui font partie de leur vie quotidienne. Voici un portrait de femmes en soif de connaissances et d’un projet qui, après seulement un an, connait un franc succès.

Le Bangladesh se relève tant bien que mal du violent cyclone Sidr, survenu en novembre. Existe-t-il un lien entre le cyclone et les bidonvilles ?