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Elegy on Land (Matir Maya)

Elegy on Land (Matir Maya)

30-minute documentary film on soil and blood in Northwestern districts of BangladeshWhen politics, religion andpoverty collide in the struggle for land, the results can be catastrophic. Such is the nature of the stories described in Elegy on Land or Matir...

Slaves In These Times: Tea Communities of Bangladesh

Slaves In These Times: Tea Communities of Bangladesh

‘Slaves In These Times: Tea Communities of Bangladesh’ focuses particularly on the communities found in the tea gardens of the Northeast and Southeast of Bangladesh. SEHD has found as many as 80 communities in 156 tea gardens in Sylhet, Habiganj,...

Citizen’s Dialogue report on Dhaka Courier

Citizen’s Dialogue report on Dhaka Courier

On April 19, 2016, the Society for Environment and Human Development, an environmental and human rights organization, organized a citizen’s dialogue titled, “Rethinking Identity, Geography and Rights of the Tea Workers and their Community” in partnership with Gram...

SEHD organizes National Convention and Photography exhibitions

SEHD organizes National Convention and Photography exhibitions

SEHD organizes a national convention titled, “Rethinking Identity, Geography and Rights of Tea Workers and Little-known Ethnic Communities” and twin photography exhibitions, titled, “On the Margins” from 17 to 21 April 2016. For details see the programs....

SEHD Launches Sundarbans ATLAS

SEHD Launches Sundarbans ATLAS

SEHD is launching “Sundarbans ATLAS” Bangladesh Forest Compartment Maps and Gazetteer authored by Helmut Denzau, Gertrud Neumann-Denzau and Peter Gerngross on 2 March 2016 at 10 AM Wednesday at Bon Bhaban, Forest Department, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Agargaon,...

নাগরিক বিবৃতি – হবিগঞ্জের চান্দপুর চা বাগানের কৃষিজমিতে অর্থনৈতিক অঞ্চল প্রতিষ্ঠার সিদ্ধান্তে গভীর উদ্বেগ

চান্দপুর চা বাগানের মোট ৩ হাজার ৯৫১ একর জমির মধ্যে ৯৫১ একর চাষাবাদের জমি। অনুসন্ধানে আমরা জেনেছি যে সব শ্রমিক পরিবার বর্তমানে এ জমি চাষ করছে তাদের পূর্বপুরুষেরা প্রায় দেড়’শ বছর আগে থেকে চা বাগানের জমি তৈরির পাশাপাশি আবাদী জমিও তৈরি করে। সেই থেকে তারা এ জমি...

Excluded Groups and Democratization

Excluded Groups and Democratization

Economic progress that Bangladesh has made in recent times is well appreciated around the world. The extreme poverty has also significantly decreased. Yet there are socially and economically excluded groups of people for their identity, captive situation,...

Seminar and information fair on land deprivation

Seminar and information fair on land deprivation

The Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) organized a seminar and information fair on ‘Land Deprivation of Tea Communities and Adivasis of the Plains’ on 20 September 2015. Land deprivation of tea communities and adivasisQuazi Monzila...