Women in the Lead- Monitoring Health Services in Bangladesh

Abstract

A Series of case-studies that shows community organized efforts to negotiate better health care services from the State and women's fight for their reproductive rights and address gender based violence. Besides, it highlights the efforts of WHRAP initiative of Naripokkho to strengthen health systems accountability through its three pronged strategy viz. community monitoring of health clinics, training functionaries of its partnership organization and working in collaboration with member of parliament, local elected representative and members of hospital management to create a participatory review and planning mechanism.