Bangladesh
Capital Dhaka
Population 153.3 million
Life Expectancy 63.5
Access to clean water 80%
Adult Literacy 52.5%
Under five mortality 73 per 1,000 live births
GDP per head (US$ PPP) $2,053
Our Joint Programmes
Joint UN Programme to Address Violence against Women in BangladeshThe programme will realize the following results: 1) the policies for preventing VAW and protecting victims adopted and implemented, 2) societal change and behaviour change among men enhanced to reducProtecting and Promoting Food Security and Nutrition for Families and Children in BangladeshThis joint programme will achieve improved food and nutrition security for vulnerable children and their caregivers affected by high food prices. The programme will contribute to Bangladesh’s accelerated achievement of the MDG - 1 hunger reduction target.
IN THE NEWS
5.1 million Bengali children engaged in child labor
ILO report warns that children forced out of school perpetuate cycle of poverty; child labor is a major obstacle to Millennium Development Goals.
