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 Even though marginalized community is involved all societal factors and productions, from cultivation to construction including political power change; but not recognized. They make building but cannot enter after finished; they produce aroma rice but cannot eat. Nowadays the majority community is thread of AIDS, malnutrition, illiteracy and unconsciousness along with extreme poverty. Detail >>>
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অনেক দেশ দায়সারা গোছের প্রক্রিয়ায় পিআরএসপি তৈরি করলেও ভিয়েতনামের মতো দেশ জাতীয় সংসদসহ সকলের অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে পিআরএসপি তৈরি করে৷ অতিমাত্রায় গাইড করার চেষ্টার কারণে খোদ বিশ্বব্যাংকের ভেতরও পিআরএসপিতে বিশ্বব্যাংকের ভূমিকা নিয়ে সমালোচনা রয়েছে৷ বাংলাদেশ মার্চ ২০০৩ এ অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন পিআরএসপি (I-PRSP) প্রণয়ন করে এবং ২০০৫ সালের জানুয়ারিতে পূর্ণাঙ্গ পিআরএসপির খসড়া কপি প্রকাশ করে৷ বিস্তারিত >>>
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| Overview: Trafficking in Bangladesh |
Trafficking of women and children has become a social problem and a challenge to the way of development in Bangladesh. It has also become an issue of gender discrimination in this country. Every year about 7000 women and children are trafficked from this country to India, Pakistan and Middle-East where their ultimate fate is a life of sexual exploitation, abuse and other forms of bonded labour. Detail>>> |
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 SURVEY: Civil Society Participation in the development of Bangladesh's PRSP |
| This survey will take only a few minutes and it is part of an ongoing research on Bangladesh’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and civil society participation in its development. The research would like to explore in what extent the PRSP incorporated the ideas and views of civil society in Bangladesh and how these views enhanced the national poverty reduction strategy. The research will be greatly benefited from your participation and we highly appreciate if you kindly inform other Bangladeshi friends and colleagues about this survey. Survey Link >>> |
 Three photos, three exposes |
 Naymuzamman Prince, the young photojournalist of Bangladesh shares his experience on his photo stories on Banyasanta sex workers, ship breakers and Shantal communities. Here we have chosen three photos from his photo stories as representatives of these communities. Detail >>>
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| Web Documentary - "Beacon of Hope" |
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 As like as other South Asian countries, Nepal is also fighting against poverty and injustice. Since long time there is being struggle between, peoples and rulers have and have not. Within extreme uncertainly, people are going forward. They did not stop to see the dream for democratic nation. They start the day with faith, pray and devotions. In Katmandu , the marginalized community mostly lives in temples areas. They live with extreme poverty, they cannot take proper food, even do not have education and minimum health facilities. But smile with total heart.
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| Web Documentary - " Sadarghat " |
 Sadarghat is the largest ghat of Dhaka city, stands in the bank of Buriganga river. Since Mogul and British period it is famous as a river port and business center. But now it has lost its values and standard. As a ghat Sadarghat from the begging is a place of marginalized community. Everyday thousands of people come around the country and stay here. But today because of authority ignorance Buriganga's water and ghat dangerously polluted with city and industrial garage Man made hazards destroy its environment, even here hard to take breaths. The life of ghat community now under threats. They take bath; they take food in this unhealthy atmosphere.
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"Targeting the Ultra Poor ( TUP )"
- A programme of BRAC |
| Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) is designed to create opportunity ladders to help the absolute poorest, or the Ultra Poor, graduate to the mainstream microfinance programme through a broad-based and multidimensional attack on poverty. The programme strives to “push down” its interventions by developing new instruments relevant to the livelihood strategies of the ultra poor households. Detail .>>> |
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| It is 30 years this month since Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. This seemed an eminently suitable moment at which to bring to fruition a long-cherished idea of collaboration between the NI and Drik Picture Library. The New Internationalist has been in existence for almost exactly the same amount of time as Bangladesh. NI Links >>> |
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Case study on Kaoraid, Gazipur
Rural Health and Sanitation ,
By - Julhas Alam |
In a country where almost half of its total population lives on less than one dollar a day and ignorance is pervasive, it is not easy to go ahead with such an ambitious plan of 100 percent sanitation.The local authorities in some villages in Gazipur sought the help of religious leaders, teachers and women representatives in the Union Parishad to convince the people about its benefit. Local musical and drama groups were used to motivate the people. A highlight of the programme will be to provide improved toilet facilities for women which is rare in Bangladesh.
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Market of Beggars |
 Shahjahan Ali, 65, has just come to the Railway Colony grounds in Shahjahanpur to sell about 2 kilograms of rice he collected by begging all day long. About 30-40 destitute people have also gathered at the 'market of beggars.' The only thing sold in this market is rice. The price is cheaper by Tk 2 to Tk 4 per kilogram. Slum-dwellers buy this 'mixed' rice from the beggars.
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Life in Slum: rail crossings or death traps? |
 In the middle of the night, people of the slum near Tejgaon rail crossing were awoken by a noise that appeared to be the scream of a young woman....Adnan Khandker investigates how unplanned rail crossings have cost the lives of many and puts everyone at risk . Full investigation >>>
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Acid violence in Bangladesh:
Women in Bangladesh have come increasingly under acid attacks as a form of retaliation, killing some and disfiguring many for life. As the attacks increase, Bangladeshi civil society is agitating for stricter punishments for the criminals and greater care for the victims. “Facing the Future” is a famous video documentary on this issue. Brief with video clip >>> |
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The Visual Representation of Developing Countries
by Developmental Agencies and the Western Media
- By Shahidul Alam/ Drik
 If we are to genuinely work for social change, what direction should developmental education go in? Teach local people about the fruits of good nutrition, family planning, education of their daughters. That is extremely important and is largely being attempted. What about teaching people (particularly development workers) to look for other options besides aid? What of creating role models of Bangladeshis running international developmental organizations, and giving these Bangladeshis the support and the clout necessary for them to succeed? .
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Poverty Line :
a poem of Tarapodo Rao, translated by Shahidul Alam. >>> |
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PRSP
- Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan |
Although March 2003, Bangladesh
formulated the National Strategy for Economic
Growth, Poverty Reduction and Social Development,
equivalent to the I-PRSP. There is still
now not reflected the majority marginalized
benefit. It is questioned for designing
with conventional and subjective approach
to look the peoples reality; but to see
and implement objectively as local reality
and need.
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Back Scenes:
Two national level discussion on PRSP was held at March 14, 2004. The open discussion focuses on the poverty reduction strategic planning by integrating the views of different groups of people at the national level. Detail >>> |
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Marginalized 
Environmental Justice
PRS - Proverty Reduction Strategy