Swapna was a steady but smart adolescent from poverty stricken Dalit community. She was second among her four brothers & sisters born in Basundia of Jessore district. She was married after completing primary education. Swapna faced serious problems in her father-in-law’s family like other girls face due to early marriage.  Immediate after her marriage, she […]

The Kalabagan is a slum situated at New Market area in Jessore town. Mina lives in that slum. She is the member of Kalabagan women group organized by IED. People of the area know her as respondent woman. She is the only daughter of her parents Fazer Ali and Sufia Begum. At the age of

Ms Anwara Begum, member of Lili women group at Akua Jublee quarter area in Mymensingh municipality. She lives with husband and a child at small room in the slum. The condition of the room is not good as anticipated. Her father’s name is Md. Abdul Ali and wood cutter by profession. Her mother’s name is

In cooperation with European Union and Oxfam, Institute for Environment and Development in collaboration with Kapaeeng Foundation, Sampriti Mancha and Janoudyog organized a public hearing on human rights situation of Indigenous Peoples on November 2, 2013 at CBCB center, Asad Avenue in Dhaka. Chaired by Numna Ahmedh Khan Executive Director of IED, the event graced by

As the national election appears nearer, religious and ethnic minorities communities of our country grip with panic, threat, eviction, torture, rape, arson and loots. Now a day’s communal attack on religious minority people is frequent phenomena in our country after independence. This kind of attack and violence against minority groups happen due to absence of

Bengali settler attacked and set fire at 13 indigenous peoples villages at Taindong of Matiranga in Khagrachory On August 3, 2013. The attack including arson to houses, looted goods, destroyed valuable resources, temples, physical torture on hill people and burnt down the books of school going students. Prior attacking to the indigenous villages and people,

In cooperation with European Union, Oxfam, Misserior and Bread for the world-EED a Human chain styled on Democracy: equality or election only? Level playing field for whom? Two political parties only? Women, Indigenous Peoples, Religious Minorities and the Poor also need level playing field and violence free, fearless environment to live as equal citizen and express

Religious and other ethnic minorities losing their grounds leaps and bound due to frequent communal attack, looting, rape, murders, eviction on them by the communal, radical and evil force of our countries. We have witness several communal violence at Ramu, Ukhiya, Coxsbazar, Satkhira, Taindong, Sathia Pabna and so on. No sooner had one violence winding

A three daylong Human Rights Defenders Training for Ethnic Minorities organized by Institute for Environment and Development (IED) in cooperation with European Union and Oxfam at CBCB centre Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka during November 9-11, 2013 with active participation of diverse young mind from 17 indigenous Peoples living in Dhaka city, and other parts like

Mithun kumar Toppo is a name that has emerged as youth leader of Adibashi community. He is from of Mothurapur village, Patnitola Upazilla under Naogaon district. He started his institutional education at Patnitola High school. Then he passed HSC examination from Cowhat Shibpur Barendra College. He has made very good result in both SSC and