ISDE Bangladesh: Interactive Dialogue with Voters and Candidates held at Uttar Agrabad

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Interactive Dialogue with Voters and Candidates held at Uttar Agrabad

Interactive Dialogue with Voters and Candidates held at Uttar Agrabad

Candidates Promised to Solidarity to Ensure Women Human Rights, Social Security and Good Governance of the local Services delivery institutions

On the occasion of up coming Chittagong City election 2010 CSDF and ISDE Bangladesh organized interactive dialogue with all the Candidates with one platform. This is the second time initiatives taken by CSDF and ISDE Bangladesh on the occasion of City Corporation election 2010. In 2005 it has arranged similar dialogue which is the first time in Bangladesh. Last 8 June, ‘10 interactive dialogue with Voters and Candidates was held at North Agrabad Mansurabd Khan Saheb High School Playground. Mr. Salim Meah President 24 North Agrabad Social Enterpriser Council was presided over the dialogue and S M Nazer Hossain Chairperson CSDF and Executive Director ISDE Bangladesh was descried briefly about the aims and objectives of the dialogue. Mr. Kazi Iqbal Bahar Sabery moderated the dialogue while local GCA member Ms Ainunnahar welcomes the participants. Ward councilor candidates Alhaj Sirajul Islam, Advocate Rehena Begume Ranu, Nazmul Hoque Deuk, Enamul Hoque were took part the sharing the plans and views regarding the issues raised by ISDE & CSDF if they win the election what they will do to stop Violence against women, Eve teasing, Early marriage, Promote women participation in local political process, Ensure effectiveness of local services delivery institutions (CSDI), easy access in local CSDIs and establish social security and protection for the voters.

Candidates of the CTG City Corporation Sitting at the Dialogue

Later the candidates were participate question and answer session and the local voters Abdul halim, Rahima akhter, Abu Hanif, Rahima Akhter, Sultan Ahmed, Kamal Uddin, Golam sattar, Md Imran, Nurjahan and Siraj Meah. All the candidates share their plan and programme and promised if they were elected by the voters on next 17th June CCC election they will take steps with the involvement of local community, government mechanism and support of local social and voluntary organization, NGOs to stop Violence against women, eve teasing, early marriage, promote women participation in local political process, ensure effectiveness of local services delivery institutions (CSDI), easy access in local CSDIs and establish social security and protection for the communities. Some of them asked to know about the progress of the 1st dialogues were held at CCC election 2005 to the existing Councilors. This is highly appreciated by the local voters to make conversion with the all candidates with in one platform and hopes it will create a positive impact to the national politics.

ISDE Bangladesh ED S M Nazer Hossain Welcome the Partcipants

Dated: June 9, 2010 Reported: Md Jahangir Alam
Programme Coordinator
ISDE Bangladesh

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Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) Bangladesh is a local non-governmental, non-political, non-religious, voluntary, social development organization working in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Rangamati, Kagrachari and Bandarban hill districts. ISDE Bangladesh was established in 1992, with the initiation of some like-minded social workers to serve the socio economically depressed & backward groups in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. It seeks to create self-sustaining rural communities through process of battling against rural drawback and the social economic energizing of the poor; such a process involves a number of suitable social and economic activities. ISDE Bangladesh is instrument in assisting the poor in working for their own developments instead of being the passive receive of it. It works in the identified rural and urban areas targeting sustainable social change that will contribute in ensuring a better life for the vulnerable people, with special emphasize to women and children. ISDE Bangladesh works adopting the target group development approach and most of the groups are associated with women members. It implements its all activities targeting on purpose to protect rights of the target women and children. It continues its all efforts to ISDE Bangladesh’s commitment through mainstreaming gender in a participatory development process. It collaborates with different local, national and international NGO’s and Government Departments in realizing their common goal of women empowerment, human rights, gender, environment, and education, rural and urban development. It envisages a society with improved environment human dignity and security. Its mission is guided by people’s aspirations that significantly contributes in changing the existing socio-economic status of target groups; facilitate the need-based services focusing to reducing gender discrimination and improving environmental status that will yield poverty reduced better life by enhancing people's capacities, initiatives and commitment followed by the principles of human rights, governance, gender and equity. Strengthen effective people’s participation at all stages of program designing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation harnessing local and external resources that will contribute greatly in sustainable social change. ISDE Bangladesh works in line with Target Group Approach as well as Community Approach followed by the principles of human rights, good governance, gender sensitivity, equity and participation targeting poverty reduction. It gives equal emphasis to ISDE Bangladesh scheduled castes and ethnic groups as target groups. ISDE Bangladesh grew to its present level by responding to the needs of the people. From 1993 ISDE started moving to a more exhaustive approach with resources and financial assistance from a number of development partners. ISDE Bangladesh has been gradually expanding its activities in more remote and neglected areas of the country.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Interactive Dialogue with Voters and Candidates held at Uttar Agrabad

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