Campaign

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Dhaka, 6 May 2024: Rights-based civil society organizations, coordinated by the Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD), staged a human chain in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka today to protest the stringent conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its loan to Bangladesh. The...