September 16, 2007
Form wage board for domestic helps

Speakers at a discussion on 16 September 2007 called for united efforts to establish the rights of t...
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September 7, 2007
Good results rarely make them happy

Poverty stands in the way of Dalit student's education. Good results in the SSC and HSC examinat...
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Nagorik Uddyog, “The Citizen’s Initiative”, the name itself epitomizes the essence of the activities of the organization. Firstly, the organization helps general masses to understand their rights and secondly, the organization creates an enabling condition for the people to set up institutions and mobilize themselves. The philosophy guiding the principles of the organization is institutionalization of democracy at the grassroots level. NU emphasizes the institution building process to establish the fact that electoral democracy is not sufficient to fulfill the process of democratization, especially for the poor and the disadvantaged.

Access to Justice
Legal and Human Rights Education.
Paralegal and human rights training for the community leaders...read details

Empowering Women
Leadership capacity building of grassroots women group leaders, including elected women members at the union council...read details

Cultural activities
Uddyog Theater & Cultural Activity for Human Rights Awareness aims for building up a social movement and increase...read details

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Annual Report of Access to Justice, Human Rights Education and Community Mediation Work
The project aims to uphold human rights, especially to promote women's rights and
improve their access to gender-sensitive mediation procedures at the grassroots level...

Executive Summary of Mid-term Evaluation Report of Access to Justice, Human Rights Education and Community Mediation Work

Project Title: Access to Justice, Human Rights Education and Community Mediation Work

Background

NU came in to being in 1995...

Paving the Way to Justice
This document has been produced in light of the increasing recognition that access to justice is a fundamental means of establishing human rights...

“Democratizing the Traditional Mediation (Shalish) System

Researcher: Zakir Hossain
Date of Publication: September 2000
Language: English

Synopsis: This is a scientific dynamic action research on improving Shalish System in order to ensure equal rights of all, stop discrimination against the underprivileged, make the decision-making procedure more participatory and establish a democratic and stable alternative dispute resolution system. Damodorpur, Badarganj under Rangpur district was the study area. In the research, the researcher explores to recognize the hindrance factors of peace and the few lessons learned on strengthening democracy at the local level that are vital to increasing fulfillment and acceptance among the policy makers for promoting good governance.

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