Citizen Statement – Deep concern over decision to establish economic zone on agricultural land of Chandpore Tea Estate in Hobiganj
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
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
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...
Our Forgotten Communities
The state, through its recent law, Khudra Nri-gosthi Sangskritik Pratisthan Ain, 2010 (Small Ethnic Group Cultural Institution Act, 2010) recognizes 27 ‘ethnic’ groups in Bangladesh. However, fresh inventories and review of existing literature summarized and presented...
Training on Strengthening Organizations of Tea Workers and Adivasis
In his reflection on the tea workers’ condition, Rambhajan Kairi, the general secretary of Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union (BCSU), said, “The tea workers are living a miserable life. They are deprived of most of the basic civil rights. It is necessary for the tea workers...
Perpetuating injustice against tea-workers
In his introductory remarks, the workshop moderator and director of SEHD, Philip Gain, reminded everyone that the learning objectives of the workshop were sharing knowledge on issues related to the rights of the tea workers and trade union; strengthening capacity of...
Journalists Trained in In-depth Reporting on Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities
“The rights of the tea workers have remained neglected for a long time. The journalists, through their professional aptitude, have a responsibility to raise their issues and have them included in the national agenda,” said Rambhajan Kairi, General Secretary,...
SEHD Launches three new books and one documentary film
SEHD Launched its three new books: (i) Shores of Tear, (ii) Bangladesh: Land, Forest and Forest People (English, 3rd Edition), and (iii) The Environmental Impacts of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Bangladesh and one documentary film, "Shores of Tear" at...