Stories we have told

Highlighting stories of inspirational women on the International Women's Day 2024

Story about struggles of Indigenous communities in Bangladesh

Story about struggles of women in sports

Stories about body positivity

Real life PCOS stories and debunking myths

Climate change is real and it affects women the most

Raising awareness on breastfeeding

Stories of students coming back to schools post Covid-19 lockdown

Raising awareness on Parental Leave

Raising awareness on breastfeeding

Building awareness about Menstrual cups

Child rape cases and sexual abuse cases have been on the rise in Bangladesh. However, the issue has not been given enough light and action. Hence, Swayong will be collecting stories related to sexual abuse faced by children in February 2021.

Harassment, motivations, aspirations

On International Volunteer day 2020 Swayong warriors shared their stories

Transgender Awareness Week takes place every year between November 13 and 19, and it's a time for transgender people and their allies to highlight the community, share their stories and talk about the issues they face every day. Therefore, Swayong, TransEnd and Voice Your Story has come together to raise awareness about transgender issues in Bangladesh.

International Day of the Girl celebrates the importance, power, and potential of girls around the world. It is also a day to highlight girls’ needs and the particular problems they can face, and drive efforts that meet these needs and fulfil their rights – not benevolently for them, but in partnership with them. Hence, Swayong shared stories of a girl child to celebrate International Day of the Girl Child 2020.

Swayong is one of the members of the coalition, Feminists Across Generations, and we are declaring gender-based violence a national emergency. These are the stories highlighting the rape culture and need of reform of laws regarding abuse of women in Bangladesh

In 2020, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, re-imagining the future”. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly added to the challenges faced by already over-extended education systems throughout the world. Hence, Swayong shared stories of a few brilliant teachers to celebrate World Teacher’s Day 2020.

স্বয়ং - Swayong and Digital Khichuri Challenge came together to change the perception of our society and reduce discrimination against the COVID-19 frontline workers.
When Swayong became the runner up for the Digital Khichuri Challenge COVID-19 Edition in the Ideation level in August 2020, we decided to address the gender-based issues that female frontline warriors like healthcare workers, hospital staff, aid workers, and journalists have been facing during the dreadful pandemic.

The number of female solo travelers has skyrocketed, but amid Instagram-worthy escapades are tales of violence and horror, raising questions about how the world is greeting women who travel alone. Hence, Swayong and Wander Woman joined hands to raise awareness about women who travel alone.

This series was done to break the silence around integrating the stories of marginalized hijra/transgender communities living in Bangladesh.

The main reason for having this series was to share the untold stories of people belonging to the hijra/transgender communities.

স্বয়ং - Swayong and WeMen View collaborated to bring light to the issue of Sexual Harassment in Public Places. WeMen View along with স্বয়ং - Swayong wanted to uproot this vicious practice of sexual harassment by creating awareness through storytelling.

The goals of this campaign:

1. Normalize breasts/bra
2. Start conversation about breasts/ bra
3. Stop hyper-sexualization of breasts/bra