In terms of gender equity Bangladesh is in far better position than its neighbour India, and above the South Asian average. This is made apparent by the publication of the Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2012, published by Social Watch on the eve of Women’s International Day, March 8.
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Dhaka, 27 February 2012. Today ‘The Social Watch Report 2012’ has been launched in a program held in the Dhaka Reporters Unity. Unnayan Sumannay jointly with the Social Watch secretariat Bangladesh organized the program. Former advisor to the caretaker government Rasheda K Chowdhury was present as the Chief Guest,...
Dhaka, 13th February 2012. Today in a seminar organized by EquityBD and Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL), two network of right based civil societies, urged Water Development Board must be reform to accommodate people participation in all level of project cycle as climate change adaptation have to be...
Dhaka, 29th December 2011. Today Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) an alliance of right based civil society organization in a press conference in national press club, termed the recent International Monitory Fund (IMF)’s conditionality to government for approving new Value Added Tax (VAT) expansion law as a discredited...
Dhaka, 17th December 2011. Today in press conference jointly organized by civil society climate networks Bangladesh Poribesh Andoloan (BAPA), Bangladesh Indigenous People Network on Climate Change and Bio Diversity (BIPNET), Climate Change Development Forum (CCDF), Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL), Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD) and...
Durban, S. Africa –Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, according to Climate Justice Now! a broad coalition of social movements and civil society. Here in South Africa, where the world was inspired by the liberation struggle of the country’s black...
Durban, 8th December 2011. Today in a press conference in official premise of UNFCCC CoP 17 six Bangladeshi civil society networks in a press conference commented USA, India and China as climate axis of evil and urged LDC and SIDS country to break the G77 +China group and urged...
Durban 7th December 2011. Today in a seminar at University of Kwan Zulu Natal (UKZN), right civil society leaders like Kumi Naido, Executive Director, Green Peace International; Raja Debasish Roy, Chief Patron of BIPNetCCBD and others mentioned that Issues Climate Induced Migrants are the historical responsibility of the annex...
Durban, 6th December 2011. On 5th December, Bangladesh Minister on Forest and Environment Dr. Hasan Mahmud has visited the photo exhibition stall run by six Bangladeshi civil society organizations (CSO) and six other international networks. The stall has been showing twenty six photos on climate change impacts in water...
Durban, 5th December 2011. Today at CoP 17 media briefing room Kosi Palm, six Bangladeshi civil society climate networks remarked that if the present CoP 17 process delayed in reaching a consensus, then it will be mass killing, as there will be temperature raise will continue and extreme events...
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