March 2, 2007: final Evaluation report of Strengthening Urban Poor Women’s Organizations in Dhaka

The informal sector represents a broad terrain of activity that is defined principally in negative terms. It is typically defined as otherwise legal economic activity that takes place outside the realm of state regulatory practices that are the result of decades of struggle and negotiation between the state, large businesses, and the labor movement.

 

The informal sector is an integral part of global production and marketing chains. What is particular to the informal sector .....
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December 31, 2006: Executive Summary of Mid-term Evaluation Report, Improving Women’s Access to Equality and Justice

Project Title: Improving Women's Access to Equality and Justice

The mid term review of the "Improving Women's Access to Equality and Justice (IWAEJ)" project, which is being implemented by Nagorik Uddyog and supported by Manuasher Jonno Foundation, conducted during December 2006.  The review was conducted by an independent consultant with active participation of NU project staff of all levels. The I.....
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November 15, 2006: 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. It is working in 9 upozilas of 5 districts across rural Bangladesh. One of its projects is "Improving Access to Justice through Human Rights Education and Community Mediation" - a 3 year intervention launched in August ‚04 with funding from EED and BftW of Germany and C A, UK. It is generally aimed "to uphold human rights, especially to promote women'.....
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July 15, 2004: Too poor for rights? Access to justice for poor women in Bangladesh: A case study

One of the unique claims of the human rights framework, and in particular international human rights law, is its insistence that: "All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated (UN doc. A/CONF.157/23, 1993)" - applicable to all, without discrimination based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, social origin etc.

Despite widespread international acceptance of human rights norms, as signified by the large number of states that have ratified the m.....

July 20, 2003: 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. It begins with a brief review of common problems associated with providing meaningful access to justice in poor countries. The report then focuses on the activities of Nagorik Uddyog (NU), a non-governmental organization in Bangladesh whose approach offers a model that appears to have a substantial and sustainable impact on justice delivery. It is.....

July 1, 2002: 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. This will be achieved by:

a) promoting a more equitable dispute resolution system that protects women's
human rights

b) raising women's awareness of their human and legal rights

c) creating ‘watchdog' capacity at the local level by establishing sustainable institutions to advocate .....

February 1, 1998: Nagorik Uddyog: Giving Women A Political Voice

In the recent union elections that spanned Bangladesh, a growing harmony of female voices rang clear above the political chorus. Through the efforts of organizations like Nagorik Uddyog (NU), the women of Bangladesh have become newly aware of the invaluable contribution they can make to the electoral process, and this awareness has left them increasingly emboldened to exercise their franchise. NU is a newly organized non-governmental organization (NGO) which cultivates awareness among the ru.....

February 11, 1996: Shalish (Mediation) to Right Social Wrongs

SHYAMOLIS ex-husband thought it to be an easy escape for him. Of course, he was powerful - as a habildar - and bad the prerogative of getting away with everything. That is his privilege of being in the police service. But this time it wasn't all that easy.

Shyamoli, in a remote village in Tangail, without retorting proved her tolerance from the very beginning of her marriage when she discovered that her husband had married earlier and had two children. Without really making an i.....