Young Bangla congratulates all the Joy Bangla Youth Award (JBYA) 2020 winners who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to society.

Since the inception of the Young Bangla Platform, Joy Bangla Youth Award (JBYA) is one of the flagship programs with a vision to recognize and connect young change-makers. There were three seasons so far held in 2015, 2017 and 2018, including the First Joy Bangla Youth Award in 2015.

In recent days the safety of women and girls is at high risk and the prevalence of sexual harassment and violence against women and girls has been escalated at an alarming level. In our observation the nature and dimension of incidents are more beyond a mere criminal offense rather indicates massive deterioration of social values, lack of enforcement of laws and not respecting the dignity of women and girls.

Young Bangla hosted a series Let’s Talk on ‘COVID-19 Recovery: Youth Development’ from September 4 to 6, 2020. The Let’s Talk featured five thematic sessions along with an opening and concluding plenary. Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI) and Jaago Foundation were the organizing partners of the program.

Young Bangla is going to host a series of virtual ‘Let’s Talk’ events on ‘COVID-19 Recovery: Youth Development’ on September 04-06, 2020. The ‘Let’s Talk’ events will be held in strategic partnership with