Institutional Archives | Reform Tracker Bangladesh

Ensure provision of age-appropriate comprehensive sexual education. In the integrated sex education curriculum, issues such as child marriage, sexual harassment and cervical cancer should be discussed separately with both girls and boys. Make arrangements for female teachers to teach sex education to girls and male teachers to boys. To ensure this, at least 4 selected teachers in each school should be trained on sex education, separate training should be arranged for male and female teachers and the issue should be discussed in teacher-parent meetings.

Include topics related to students’ mental health, digital literacy, online and cyber safety, violence in the online and cyber space, responsible use of online media and technology, women’s participation and position in various unconventional professions (such as technology, media, sports, etc.), the importance of women’s leadership, climate change and environmental protection in textbooks.

Expand the government’s performance indicators on gender equality to include more indicators from the SDGs. For monitoring purposes, identify and monitor a set of gender equality outcome indicators for all sectors, from a list of national-level indicators.

Propose and take measures for approval to amend the Any Other Business, AOB of other ministries and divisions to clarify their role in promoting gender equality and development in their policies, plans and programmes.

Establish child and women-friendly specialised courts, with separate facilities for private hearings and needs-based facilities.

Decide to establish two separate wings with specific scope of work, skilled human resources, budget and support services for the efficient management of women and children’s affairs activities in the MOWCA.

Establish a central digital database for storing marriage registration data, requiring a national identity card and birth certificate. Introduce a system (linked to the digital database) to verify existing marital status before granting permission for new marriages.

Increase the number of cyber tribunals, giving priority to districts with high incidences of online crimes, especially technology-induced gender-based violence against women.

Total Reforms Being Tracked

8

04

Reform Proposed

The reform idea or commitment is publicly articulated.

03

Reform Initiated

Preliminary steps are taken (e.g., circulars or notices by relevant...

01

Legal and Policy Framework

The reform is codified in policy, law, or regulation.

00

Operationalisation

Institutional or administrative mechanisms are established for the reform delivery.

00

Action Implementation

Tangible actions showing visible progress or outcomes are taken.