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Brave girls valiantly stopping child marriages in Bangladesh
Tasnim Khandoker
Assistant producer, BBC Media Action Bangladesh
Seven inspiring girls, who were 13 or 14 years-old, featured in our popular radio programme Hello Check! They had formed an organisation called 'Ghashforing' (Grasshoppers) to help prevent child marriages taking place in Bangladesh.
'It was as if the moon had landed on the Earth' - working through turmoil in Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi
Country Director, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi is BBC Media Action’s country director in Afghanistan and this year’s BBC News Leader of the Year. Here, he speaks of the changes his team has endured since the Taliban took over the country and how they are responding to an increasingly grave humanitarian crisis.
'Thoughts of my Burmese friends haunt me still' - reflecting on Myanmar
Dipak Bhattarai
Series producer, BBC Media Action Myanmar
BBC Media Action’s Series Producer Dipak Bhattarai was working with their Myanmar team in Yangon when the military coup took place in the early morning of 1 February. He reflects on the experience and what it means for the journalists and young people with whom he worked.
Handing the microphone to Afghan women
Shazia Haya
Presenter, Open Jirga, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Four Afghan women were killed in as many days in March 2021 – targeted for being women working in television and in medicine. As Afghanistan’s peace process is marked by increasing violence, our Open Jirga and WhatMatters2U presenter Shazia Haya reflects on two remarkable programmes, featuring r...
Handwashing with soap for health - our work in Afghanistan during COVID-19
Mursal Abrar
Humanitarian project manager, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Water, sanitation and good hygiene - including handwashing with soap - is critical to better health, and to helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. Our humanitarian project manager, Mursal Abrar, reflects on her experience in hygiene behaviour change.
A tale of two crises in Nepal
Bhuwan Timilsina
Project Manager, BBC Media Action, Nepal
Our Lifeline radio programme Milijuli Nepali (Together Nepal) was created to respond to the earthquakes in 2015, it later supported people in Nepal to rebuild and reconstruct their lives and homes - now it is relaunching to deliver vital health information about COVID-19.
Tackling disability discrimination in Bangladesh
Senjuti Masud and Bishawjit Das
Journalism Mentors, BBC Media Action Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, our journalism mentors Senjuti Masud and Bishawjit Das have been training journalists to improve how people with disabilities are portrayed in the media and tackle negative stereotyping and perceptions. Read their story…
Celebrating 5 years of The Tea Cup Diaries
Rachael McGuin
Country Director, BBC Media Action Myanmar
As our flagship peace-building radio drama, The Tea Cup Diaries, marks its fifth anniversary, learn how the show has helped bridge divides between diverse communities in Myanmar, and how it continues to support and entertain its loyal following during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our forests, our future”: Inspiring climate action in Indonesia
Ankur Garg
Country Director, BBC Media Action Indonesia
At BBC Media Action, we believe that addressing climate change requires action at all levels of society. Hear from Indonesia Country Director, Ankur Garg, about our multimedia project aiming to inform and inspire young people to join the conversation about sustainable development.
“Climate change is about people”: TV to encourage action in Cambodia
Khuon Chandore
Former Research Manager, BBC Media Action Cambodia
Hear from former Research Manager in Cambodia, Khuon Chandore, about our latest research into how climate change is affecting people in Cambodia, and how it informed our new climate TV show: Don't Wait For Rain.
