Questioning women’s participation in development projects – coming discussion at the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting
Our Project member, Emilie Cremin, UNIL, will discuss with Jinat Hossain, University of Bern and Zurich, about Gender issues in the research-action project at at the upcoming Swiss Geoscience Meeting (SGM) in Bern on the 6th of December 2025. Science Panel 26. Human...
Complementary Collectives – Consultation workshop
Complementary Collectives: Presenting ENGAGE4Sundarbans at the State-level Consultation Workshop This one-day State-level Consultation Workshop on Collectivised Natural Farming was organised by the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences of the...
Of Fish and Futures: A Grand Beginning through Re/lease
Of Fish and Futures: A Grand Beginning through Re/lease Blog by Spriha Roy, IIT Kharagpur. Spriha.roy24@gmail.com On the 31st of August and the 5th of September 2025, the Mukherjee Canal in Kumirmari, an island situated in Gosaba block of the Indian Sundarbans, came...
ENGAGE4Sundarbans Team to Participate in ECSAS 2025
The ENGAGE4Sundarbans team will participate in the 28th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS), taking place in Heidelberg, Germany, from October 1–4, 2025. During the conference, the team is organising a panel titled “Living with and Recovering from...
SAJIDA Foundation shares insights on women-led climate resilience at research dissemination event
SAJIDA Foundation hosted a half-day research dissemination event on 21 August 2025 at Lakeshore Heights, Dhaka, bringing together over 50 participants including researchers, policymakers, government officials, embassy representatives, development practitioners, and...
Re-Greening Protapnagar: The Community Unites for Native Tree Planting
There was a time when the villages of Protapnagar Union were famous for its greenery and fruit orchards. Towering palm trees lined the narrow paths, wood apple, mango orchards thrived near homesteads. Children played in the shade of banyans that had stood for...
ENGAGE4Sundarbans Showcased at Frugal Innovation Forum 2025
SAJIDA Foundation and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) had the honour of jointly showcasing the ENGAGE4Sundarbans project at the Frugal Innovation Forum (FIF) hosted by BRAC in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 25-26 July 2025. The forum brought together...
Rahima’s Commitment to Crop Diversity
Rahima Khatun’s life has been shaped by challenges. She lives with her husband, one of her sons, his wife, and their child. Her two other sons have married and moved out. Her husband, now elderly, is unable to work much, and the son who lives with them is only able to...
A Beacon of Sustainable Living
Jayanti Rani Saha lives in Pratapnagar, Assasuni, one of the climate change hotspots in Bangladesh. She is a housewife, sharing a modest home with her husband and three daughters. Her husband earns just enough to sustain their family of five. But Jayanti’s...
Local Advisory Committee Convenes at Protapnagar
Farmers Share Updates, Experts Offer Guidance On 1 June 2025, SAJIDA Foundation convened a Local Advisory Committee meeting at the Protapnagar Union Parishad to review agricultural progress and chart the way forward. The gathering brought together Union Chairman Abu...