logo

Exploration of mental health needs and support systems among the LGBT population in Bangladesh

View knowledge product

This research project aimed to generate recommendations for improving the mental health of the LGBT population. The project was designed to address three broad objectives, each with a distinct set of specific goals: 1) Acquiring an in-depth understanding of the mental health state of the LGBT population, 2) Exploring available support systems for the LGBT community, and 3) Generating recommendations and an action plan to enhance the mental health of the LGBT population in Bangladesh.

Knowledge product details

  • Small Grants

  • 2015

  • Bangladesh

  • Advocacy

  • LGBTIQ+

  • Share-Net Bangladesh

  • English

  • Project Presentation

KP creators involved

Download Knowledge Products

Project Presentation: Exploration of Mental Health Needs and Support Systems among LGBT Population in Bangladesh

Download knowledge product

KP creators involved


More Knowledge products

Peer Education 101: For Us by Us

  • Small Grants

This project has resulted in the first knowledge product of its kind specifically targeted to the Bangladeshi community – an open-access Peer Education training module. The goals of this project were threefold: to strengthen emerging youth-led organizations and groups working on CSE and SRHR interventions, create scope for and strengthen youth-adult partnerships, and popularize the peer education model for CSE programs.

View knowledge product

Social Norms underpinning SRHR violations in Nigeria: Translating Research for use in Influencing Policy and Practice

  • Small Grants

The aim is to translate the research on deepened understanding about social norms in Nigeria into materials useful for the ‘ENOUGH’ campaign, which Oxfam will co-create and implement with local partners including women and human rights organisations and youth movements.

View knowledge product