“We make up half the population of the village. So we have equal say in what goes on here.”
Grassroots Women’s Platforms (Polli Shomaj) are giving women all across Bangladesh the opportunity to raise their voices, get better access to local services and take collective action against inequality. Farzana Akter Mili talks about how her group works with the police to stop child marriage in the country with the fourth highest rate of child marriage in the world. To learn more about Polli Shomaj, please visit: brac.net/community-empowerment....
This video is part of a larger initiative taken by BRAC Social Innovation Lab on sharing learnings on scaling social innovation in South Asia. To learn more please visit: ssir.org/supplement/scaling_so... and download case studies on what it takes to have social impact at scale.
5 мар 2016
