Since the early part of the last century, Begum Rokeya Shakawat Hussain was engaged in defending the human rights of women. Like many women of her time and as now she also used the notion of ‘Nari Mukti'(emancipation of women) meaning freedom from all forms of violence, discrimination and inequality. She worked hard till the […]
Women of Pakistan remain as part of the patriarchic society under discrimination and injustice
There are 72 women in the current National Assembly and more prominent positions are being held now by women than ever before, including the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Federal Ministers and a number ofdeputy and provincial positions. None of these women wear hijab, suggesting progressiveness in the parties who have elected them. Certain […]
Women human rights defenders in Bangladesh
In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote, in her Vindication of the Rights of Women, that the struggle for rights of women is located within the personal space – the home and the family; and within the public sphere – the political and economic world. More than two hundred years later, around the world, women are now […]
Women human rights defenders in India : few socio-legal aspects
Women’s struggles for freedom and equality have been a vibrant part of all social movements for transformation and social justice through history. Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in 1792 in her Vindication of the Rights of Womenthat the struggle for rights of women is located within the personal space – the home and the family; and within […]
Businessman allegedly tortured by RAB Officer for his attempt to recover the outstanding money at Bangshal in Dhaka
On July 14, 2009, Md. Liakot Ali Babul from 178/2 Bangshal Road, Lalbagh, Dhaka, was arrested by members of RAB-10 from the ‘Milu Auto’ shop on the Ponchayet Koborsthan Road near the Bangshal crossroads. It has been alleged that after being taken to the Dholpur camp of RAB-10, Babul was tortured by Major Abu Mohammad […]
Open letter to Sheikh Hasina from ICJ on termination of Odhikar project
The ICJ expressed its deep concern through a letter to the prime minister Sheikh Hasina regarding the NGO Affairs Bureau’s decision on 17 August 2009 to terminate Odhikar’s project titled ‘Human Rights Defenders Training and Advocacy Programme in Bangladesh.’ As the project was approved by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, and has […]
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