Rozina's Story :: Courage in the Heart: Stories of Gender Justice + Legal Empowerment

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Rozina has been involved with almost all of BRAC's programs. Her family was identified as one of the poorest, most marginalized families in her village by BRAC's Targeting the Ultra-Poor program, through which she learned how to read and write, received a sanitary latrine, and received two cows and two goats, which she has since sold. Since her initial grant, she has taken out several microfinance loans which she has used to buy 18 goats and a plot of land. Through BRAC's Gender Justice and Diversity department, both Rozina and her husband were trained as a Gender Justice Educators. They have become outspoken advocates for women's rights in their community. Her children attend BRAC schools and she is the secretary for her community's BRAC Citizen Action Group (Polli Somaj) meetings. She has become a trusted and influential resource in her community and an inspiration for other women.

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ROZINA'S STORY

Rozina is the secretary for her local BRAC Citizen Action Group (Polli Somaj) where she meets with other women to address and devise goals issues around division of labor, access to food, domestic violence, control and access to resources, health issues and increasing male participation in household work. In this Picture: Rozina attending a focus group about gender equality in her community.

Rozina is the secretary for her local BRAC Citizen Action Group <i>(Polli Somaj)</i> where she meets with other women to address and devise goals issues around division of labor, access to food, domestic violence, control and access to resources, health issues and increasing male participation in household work. In this Picture: Rozina attending a focus group about gender equality in her community.

One of Rozina's neighbors washing her clothes in the river close to their home.

Children drinking from the water fountain outside of Rozina's home.

Rozina's children attend BRAC schools, of which there are 33,000 around the country, which have provided free education for 4 million students (66% girls). In this Picture: Rozina's daughter peering out of the front entrance to their house.

A girl in the jute fields near by Rozina's house.

Rozina took the Human Rights and Legal Education class and both her and her husband were trained as a Gender Justice Educators, through which they have become outspoken advocates for women's rights in their community.

Rozina earns income through her animals and her job as a cook. Rozina and her husband share responsibility for caring for the family. Her husband works in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, as a rickshaw driver. In this Picture: Ronzina fetching water (left) and preparing food (right) for her family

A BRAC Program organizer visiting different houses of families who have attended BRAC Gender Justice Workshops to talk to them about their gender equality goals and the health of the marriages in Rozina's community.

A woman in Rozina's community who attends the workshop Rozina teaches about improving gender equality.

Rozina and two of her children standing outside their home. Rozina, a loving mother and wife, has become an influential person who other women see as an inspiration.