Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC) Launched
Dedicated to the marginalized and excluded communities of Bangladesh, a long-cherished national entity—Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC)—was officially launched on 28 May 2022 in Dhaka. Eleven books and monographs and a documentary film on the marginalized communities...
Launching of new national entity and books
Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), in partnership with Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), is launching a new national entity, Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC), dedicated to the marginalized and excluded communities of Bangladesh....
Dialogue on Protection of Tea Workers Held
A virtual dialogue, titled, ‘Protection of the Tea Workers: Challenges and Accountability of Actors’ organized by Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) in partnership with Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union and with support from Canada Fund for Local...
Convention on Marginal and Excluded Communities Held
Four organizations—Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) and Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK), with support from the European—organized a...
Convention on Land, Forest and Social Rights of the Marginal & Excluded Communities held
Four organisations—Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) and Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK)—organised a 2-day convention on 16-17 November...
To preserve our diversity, we must recognize it first
Photo: 3. Participants at a session. Photo.Philip GainThese marginal and excluded groups—ethnic communities, Harijans (sweepers),Bedes(gypsies), Jaladas (fishingcommunity in seashore), Kaiputra(pig rearing community), Rishi (cobblers), sex workers, Biharis...
An eviction decree, its execution, and the fate of seven Mahle families
Philip GainIt is like a scene of war-time devastation in a tiny Mahle village, Pachandor, in Tanor upazila (Rajshahi). Houses with thick mud walls and corrugated tin roofs have been leveled to the ground. Food grain, utensils, beds, clothes, cash, and...
The Last of the Chaks
The Chaks of Baishari are a tiny community, the existence of which is being threatened by encroachment of their land to grow rubber and tobacco, in the name of development.As we walk out of the Chak paras (villages) in Baishari, the weather is calm and...
Citizen Declaration and Recommendations Regarding the Rights of the Chaks
This citizen declaration and recommendations regarding the rights of the Chaks was adopted at the launching of photography exhibition and seminar, “Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story” held at Drik Gallery, Dhaka on 23 June 2011.We, the participants at the...