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Communities acknowledge the importance of women: girls attend school, wives earn and save money, and men have begun to pay attention.
Rahima, raised in poverty by her widowed mother, is an unlikely candidate to become a doctor. But World Vision's support has kept her at school so far, and at ten she is determined to continue.
Hundreds of thousands have been impacted by Cyclone Aila which brought with it a 13-foot storm surge. World Vision staff are on the ground responding.
How did an illiterate woman with a crippled husband become one of the most successful business entrepreneurs in Patenga?