Dhaka, 17 January 2024: Twelve civil society organizations led by Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) demonstrated a rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka today in solidarity with the global civil society network Fight Inequality Alliance on the eve of the 54th Conference of the...
CSOs Urge Developed Countries to Phase Out Fossil Fuels for 1.5-Degree Goal: Developed Nations Urged to Boost UNFCCC’s Adaptation Funds for MVCs
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Dubai, UAE, December 09, 2023 - During the ongoing Cop 28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai, leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) convened a press conference, have shown their deep dissatisfaction on poor progress of MVC LDCs issues and demand a concrete action plan to phase...
Civil Societies of MVCs Demand NDC Targets for 1.5 Degree Goal: Meet cumulative overdue of 100 billion financing.
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Dubai, UAE, December 04, 2023 – During the ongoing Cop 28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai, leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) convened a press conference, highlighting the critical need for tangible National Determined Contribution (NDC) targets from major carbon emitters. Their emphasis is on concrete...
COAST and EquityBD jointly drafted a paper for CoP 28 in Dubai, urging action on behalf of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs). The paper outlines critical needs, criticizes past negotiation failures since the Paris Agreement, emphasizes solidarity with CSOs, and presents key demands for fulfilling...
Dhaka, 11 November, 2023. Civil society organizations (CSOs) demanded a strong govt position for a realistic NDC from the big emitters achieving 1.5-degree temperature goal in upcoming CoP 28 global climate conference. They also advised government to demand for a stand-alone L&D Fund to manage the losses...
Call for Legal Action to Combat Online Harassment of Women: Rights Groups’ Press Conference to Celebrate International Rural Women’s Day (IRWD)
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Dhaka, 14 October 2023. Rights-based civil society representatives urge legal action along with widespread awareness to prevent sexual harassment and other harassment against women and girls online. This was urged from a virtual press conference organized today on the occasion of the International Rural Women's Day tomorrow. The press...
Civil Societies demand compensation and grant base climate finance from developed countries instead loan
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Dhaka, 12th October 2023: Today a civil society network led by EquityBD, called to the developed countries and their allies IFIs to cancel all the debts those are related with climate financing and demand for compensation and grant-based financing instead of loan. They also criticized the existing...
Dhaka, 15 September, 2023: Today a group of rights-based organizations united their voices to advocate for a future free from the constraints of fossil fuels. They organized a human chain in Dhaka The human chain was jointly organized by Waterkeepers Bangladesh, EquityBD, Brotee, Sundarban and Upakul Surakka Andolan, Youth...
Rights Based Citizen Groups Call for Immediate Shift from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Sources
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Dhaka, September 8, 2023. Today, a group of prominent civil society organizations and concerned citizens organized a human chain, cycle rally and mime event in the lead-up to the G-20 conference in New Delhi, India, scheduled for September 9-10, 2023. The event was jointly organized by Waterkeepers Bangladesh, COAST...
CSOs for Justice and Accountability for Ethnic Genocide in Myanmar, Global Double Standards on Rohingya Crisis are Strongly Condemn
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Dhaka, 24 August, 2023. On August 25, 2017, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar’s brutal genocide, seeking refuge in Bangladesh. As the 6th year of this tragic event approaches, Cox’s Bazar CSO and NGO Forum (CCNF) along with Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD) have issued a joint...
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Bangladesh should focus on self-dependent climate plan fighting climatic impacts
Dhaka, 05 December 2024. In a press conference, Civil society organizations (CSOs) has recommended government to look forward with self-dependent climate plan fighting climatic...