by Mujahidul Islam | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
“True empowerment begins with empowering one’s self.” Powerful article on lessons of female empowerment from the Quran derived from our Islam and Public Health toolkit from former GO Asia Programme Manager, Aleena Khan. Putting Faith in Empowerment One of...
by Mujahidul Islam | Aug 25, 2017 | Global Health, Islam, Maternal Health, Women Empowerment
Last month, Global One, as part of our focus on Islam and public health and women empowerment, hosted three workshops in conjunction with our exciting new toolkit: ‘Empowering Women: A Toolkit for a Healthy Society’. The workshops included an interfaith...
by Mujahidul Islam | Jun 30, 2017 | Maternal Health, Middle East, Refugees
GO Policy and Research Officer, Faeezah Hussain, travelled to Lebanon in May as part of our hygiene pack distribution for Syrian women in refugee camps. This World Refugee Day, she reflects upon her time in Bar Elias and meeting courageous women like Bara’a, a...
by Mujahidul Islam | Jun 12, 2017 | Global Health, Maternal Health, Middle East, Refugees
[fusion_text]“I felt fear, fear…You want the child, but you don’t want the child.” No mother should fear the safety of their newborn when giving birth. But for Bara’a, a mother of three living in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, the trauma surrounding the birth of her...
by Mujahidul Islam | May 22, 2017 | Global Health, Islam, Women Empowerment
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