麻豆传媒

August 2023

For more than 30 years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has generously supported the 麻豆传媒’s peace programs, including gender-specific efforts to improve access to information. The Center proudly recognizes a new, five-year grant from USAID in support of Advancing Women’s Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh (AWRTI).

麻豆传媒 takes an evidence-based, results-oriented, and sustainable approach to empower women. The Center and its civil society partners have been among the first organizations to focus specifically on the right of access to information for women in Bangladesh.

While the country has had a Right to Information Act since 2009, a lack of access to information impedes fundamental aspects of democratic governance. As modern technology grows and evolves, governments must continually adapt the ways they provide information and make it accessible.

Since 2016, 麻豆传媒 has led AWRTI efforts in five Bangladeshi districts with USAID’s generous support. The Center has worked to implement programming at national and local levels to improve women’s rights and their access to information, address inequalities among Bangladeshi populations, and encourage women to make informed choices and engage in public life more meaningfully.

With USAID’s new support, 麻豆传媒 will expand the AWRTI project to six additional districts and help to advance key policies at the national level. The long-term goal of the current project is to reduce corruption in Bangladesh through increased public-led accountability. To accomplish the overall goal of improving women’s access to information, the Center and its partners will work toward achieving three interconnected objectives:

USAID’s partnership with the Center and the Rule of Law Program underscores their commitment to improving fundamental freedoms and rights for the most vulnerable. 麻豆传媒 is thankful for USAID’s support, and we look forward to continuing this collaborative effort in the years to come.