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Kajol Shows the Way to Women in the Sex Trade
Finding Community, Common Cause, and a Happy Life at Shusta Jibon SEPTEMBER 2009— Shustha Jibon is a community-based organization managed by and supporting hijras, the term used in South Asia for people who are considered the "third gender." With funding from USAID, FHI supports two Shusta Jibon health centers where hijras drop in or are referred by outreach workers and peer educators to receive HIV counseling and testing, STI diagnosis and treatment, condoms and behavior change messages. In this story, meet one of the beneficiaries of these services.
FHI and DRISTI: A Vision of Empowerment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh AIDS Program (BAP) From 2000–2005, FHI implemented USAID's IMPACT Project in Bangladesh. Since July 2005, FHI has managed USAID's Bangladesh AIDS Program (BAP), working with 21 local organizations and NGOs on 23 projects to provide a strong, coherent approach to outreach among the most vulnerable. BAP is scaling up and integrating HIV prevention efforts and provision of clinical services. Drop-in centers—branded as Modhumita—provide health services for vulnerable populations in strategic HIV and AIDS "hotspots".
Publications from FHI/Bangladesh
Summary Report of Key Findings and Program Recommendations from FHI MSM Program Evaluations OCTOBER 2007 — This study, prepared by FHI's Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO), reveals an overall positive effect of FHI programming on knowledge, sexual risk behavior, and access to commodities and services through a variety of interventions such as behavior change, advocacy, networking, community mobilization, and capacity building. However, quality and coverage were inconsistent from one site to another and there is a need to promote a minimum package of priority interventions along with improved organizational capacity and program monitoring.
Featured Partner: USAID In 2005 FHI and its partners began to implement the USAID-funded Bangladesh AIDS Program. This program will reach the most vulnerable populations in Bangladesh with gender-sensitive and sustainable prevention and care programming. FHI will conduct outreach activities, establish integrated health centers and brand them with the Modhumita (sweet friend) name. BAP will support the prevention of HIV transmission through a communications campaign involving the weekly sermons of religious leaders as well as religious television programming. BAP will continue to support surveillance and research. Along with its partner JSI/Bangladesh, FHI will build the capacity of local implementing agencies. In addition to FHI, BAP's main partners include Masjid Council for Community Advancement and Social Marketing Company.
The FHI Bangladesh office is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page.
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SEPTEMBER 2009 — Kajol's initiation into sex work was tragically similar to that of many young women who come to Dhaka looking for work. Then, she met a peer educator from FHI partner Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition (BWHC) who helped her access HIV prevention messages, support, and medical care. The experience inspired her to begin working as a peer educator to help other women in her situation.
AUGUST 2009 — An FHI partner is providing loans and business training for poor women in Bangladesh, changing the course of their lives. Meet Lucky Zaman who was able to give up sex work thanks to three loans from Dristi that helped her grow a milk cow business and become self-sufficient.
