Archive for 2012

Civic groups organise solidarity and protest gathering against recent Ramu communal violence demanding “a non-communal and racial discrimination-free Bangladesh”

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On 19 October 2012 at 3.00 pm, civic rights group organised citizen solidarity and protest gathering and cultural programme against recent communal and racial attack in Ramu and other areas of Cox’s Bazar. The demonstration was held by citizens group of all walks of life under the banner of “We want non-communal and racial discrimination-free […]

Community seminar on indigenous peoples’ rights in Rangpur

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On 17-18 July 2012 a community seminar titled ‘Community Seminar on ILO Convention No. 107 & 169 and UNDRIP for Indigenous Communities and Mainstream People of North Bengal’ was Organized by Kapaeeng Foundation and Jatiya Adivasi Parishad with the Support of International Labour Organization (ILO) at Parjatan Motel Conference room, Rangpur Sadar, Rangpur district. Mr. […]

1st National Indigenous Women Conference held in Dhaka: Indigenous women form a network aiming at realising their rights through united movement

In the first ever National Indigenous Women Conference held in Dhaka, indigenous women leaders and representatives of indigenous women’s organisations formed a network naming Bangladesh Indigenous Women Network (BIWN) aiming at realising their rights through social, economic, political and cultural movements. The two-day national conference was organised by Kapaeeng Foundation in cooperation with Oxfam at […]

Justice for all kinds of violence against indigenous women demanded

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Leaders of the indigenous women’s organisations demanded to ensure justice to the indigenous women by taking necessary step to stop all kind of violence against indigenous women. They said that the biggest concern in brutal violence against indigenous women was the lack of access to justice and absolute impunity that perpetrators enjoy. Violence against indigenous […]