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Bangladesh

Religious  context 

Main faith groups:

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  • Muslim (90.4%) 

  • Hindu (8.5%)

  • Buddhist (0.6%)

  • Christian (0.3%)

  • Others (0.2%) 

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                              Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project

Key
Implementing
Partners 

Main Faith-Based Organization Partners: Islamic Foundation; Imam Training Academy


Main government affiliate: Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA)

Main 
Initiatives

Priorities: Child Protection; Education; Gender Equality; HIV and AIDS; Nutrition; WASH;

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Social and Behaviour Change Expected:

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  • Explore opportunities to engage trained Imams as community change agents. In addition to Imams, women teachers involved in mass education (pre-primary) program and women religious teachers will also be trained for community dialogue and motivating people to bring positive social change
     

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