Civil society demands at the seminar on the eve of the 29th Climate Conference: Climate Finance will Go in Vain Unless Global Warming Kept to 2 Degree Celsius
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Dhaka, 26 October 2024: On the eve of the 29th Climate Conference (COP29) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the speakers at a seminar organised by non-government organisations in Dhaka today said that the earth will no longer be habitable if the global warming exceeds two degrees Celsius in...
Civil society urges to take the best possible steps to protect women in disaster: Press Conference to Celebrate International Rural Women’s Day
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Dhaka, 14 October 2024. Civil society has called for urgent action to protect women during disasters, emphasizing their right to physical, mental and reproductive healthcare and security. Women often face significant long-term physical and emotional harm due to the lack of awareness, sensitization and inadequate emergency services. Rights-based civil...
CSO Speakers at WTO Public Forum in Geneva 2024 : WTO must Understand the Core Spirit of Agriculture to Deal with the Agreement on Agriculture
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Geneva, 10th Sept 2024: Government and non-government speakers at a side event in the Public Forum 2024 of the WTO at its headquarters in Geneva today said that small-scale farmers across the world are the major contributors to sustainability, yet they have suffered the most from the effects of...
Civil Society and Journalists Concern WTO before Public Forum 2024 : Bangladesh must address Data Discrepancy before WTO Negotiation
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Dhaka, 29 August 2024: In a media workshop in Dhaka today civil society and economic journalists expressed their concern about the data discrepancy of Bangladesh before the country starts negotiations in WTO. EquityBD and the Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF) jointly organised the Media workshop titled “WTO Trade Rules and...
CSOs Demands for Public Expenditure Review Commission
Dhaka, 29 June 2024: CSOs in a press conference today in Dhaka demanded a Public Expenditure Review Commission to stop unbearable corruption. They also said, the yearly income tax evasion is nearly $25 billion which could increase four times the per capita health...
Draft Position Paper, Equity BD, 13 June 2024
National Budget -2024-25
Independent Climate Finance is Inevitable for Sustainable Development
Proposed National Budget 2024-25
Amid a multi-faceted economic crisis including inflation, reserves, revenue rates, dollar crisis and financial sector reforms, the National Parliament of Bangladesh proposed a budget of Tk 797,000 crore...
Expert Speakers at Seminar on Climate Finance in National Budget
Dhaka, 13 June 2024: Several long-term plans have been formulated in Bangladesh to address the impacts of climate change, including the Centenary Delta Plan. However, the budget allocation required to implement the steps mentioned in the plans is not reflected...
Civil society Protests World Bank's Loan for Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, 8 June 2024: The Rohingya crisis has become increasingly more complex in seven years. Persistent funding shortfalls have compounded that crisis. When there is no option but to repatriate, the World Bank intensified this crisis by...
Civil society protests in Cox's Bazar against the World Bank loan for humanitarian work
Cox's Bazar, 4 June 2024: The civil society of Cox's Bazar protested against the World Bank's offer of a 700 million dollar loan to Bangladesh for the development of the local population affected by the impact...
Bangladeshi CSOs Sought People at the Centre of Budget 2024-25: Deep Debt Overcasts Opportunities for Sustainability
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Dhaka, 18 May 2024: Unprecedented debt will surely derail the hope of sustainability after Bangladesh’s graduation as a middle-income country.
The civil society organizations who participate in the event led by EquityBD include BDCSO Process, Bangladesh Krishok Federation, CLEAN, CSRL, NDF, Online Knowledge Society, Sundarban Bachao Andolon, Young Change Makers,...
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Civil society demands at the seminar on the eve of the...
Dhaka, 26 October 2024: On the eve of the 29th Climate Conference (COP29) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the speakers at a seminar...