Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) has been implementing the three-year project, `Making Bangladesh's Healthcare Systems More Responsive and Participatory' with the funding support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) since December 1, 2019.

As part of its activities, BHW took an initiative to sensitize its Health Rights Youth Forum on gender issues and thus arranged training for its youth volunteers. This report is based on Gender Sensitivity Training for Health Rights Youth Forum conducted in all eight Regional Chapters of BHW. The training has been conducted from 22 October 2022 to 08 December 2022. The BHW has successfully accomplished this training despite the all-year-round planned activities. Health Rights Youth Forum is a volunteer platform where almost 350 enthusiastic, vibrant, and proactive young people have come together to achieve a common goal of developing and improving their local health system and management.

This report aims to describe the particulars of the training and shall be documented for further actions.

Name of the Training: Gender Sensitivity Training or জেন্ডার সংবেদনশীলতা বিষয়ক প্রশিক্ষণ।

Purpose of the Training:
-to understand gender and gender sensitivity
-sensitize and motivate health rights youth forum to mitigate health-based gender discrimination. -to adopt attitudes and behaviors that value differential experiences and perspectives
-to ensure listening and respect for each other’s experiences and views

Trainer: Mr Shuvashis Chandra Mahanta was the key facilitator of this training. He has diverse experiences in providing trainings and has worked as a consultant with, UNDP, Oxfam, HEKS, Christian Aid, BRAC, MJF and other organizations.

Schedule of the Training:

SL	Name of the Regional Chapter	Date	Venue
01	Manikganj	22-10-22	District Shilpokola Conference Room
02	Khagracchari	24-10-22	Hotel Gairing
03	Barguna	03-11-22	Upazilla Parishad Hall
04	Kurigram	06-11-22	Solidarity Tower
05	Sunamganj	09-11-22	Latifa Community Center
06	Chapainawabganj	24-11-22	Nokib Hossen Conference Room
07	Netrokona	30-11-22	SUS Dream Center
08	Bagerhat	08-12-22	RED Shelter Complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training participants:

A total of 201 youth volunteers took part in this training. Manikganj had the highest number of attendees with a total of 37 participants. A distinguished number of participants from each upazila health rights forum made the training more participatory. The number of female participants was lesser than male participants. Most of the participants were aged 18-27.

SL	Region	Host	Participants	Male	Female	Female Percentage
01	Manikganj	BARCIK	37	23	14	31%
02	Khagracchari	Zabarang	22	13	9	30%
03	Barguna	Jago Nari	17	10	7	44%
04	Kurigram	Solidarity	25	16	9	40%
05	Sunamganj	ERA	25	17	8	32%
06	Chapainawabganj	Proyas	25	16	9	44%
07	Netrokona	SUS	25	17	8	40%
08	Bagerhat	Rupantar	25	16	9	36%