ISDE Bangladesh: ISDE Bangladesh Celebrated 100th Anniversary of International Women Day: Making a Century

Monday, September 20, 2010

ISDE Bangladesh Celebrated 100th Anniversary of International Women Day: Making a Century

ISDE Bangladesh Celebrated 100th Anniversary of International Women Day: Making a Century

Thousands of Women and Men Comes with street, demanding women equal participation in Political form

A hundred years of fighting for basic rights. A hundred years of struggling against gross discrimination, extreme forms of violence and an age-old conspiracy to keep women powerless and marginalized. Yet no matter what the odds have been women have survived and more often than not emerge victories in their battle for equality. Celebrating this historic day March 8, women form all walks of life at main street, highways and other important places to light symbolic candle and share few moments of precious solidarity. Sharing this victorious moment are hundreds of men and who pledge their commitments to the fights against violence against women and all other forms of discrimination towards women and girls children. Thousands of women and men comes with main street of Chakaria with voice of slogan for equal participation of women in political and other social structure and to stop violence against women and stop discrimination. These were happened at colorful rally and street procession to celebrate 100th Anniversary of International Women Day 2010 at Chakaria Upazila under Cox’s Bazar district. 8 March morning thousands of women and men gathered at Chakaria old Airport premises (Bijoy Manch) with festoon, banner, play card etc. This is large gathering of the history of Chakaria and around 10 AM the play ground is full of women and men. The rally is inaugurated by the Municipality Mayor Zafar Alam. With the help of Chittagong Social Development Forum(CSDF) the celebration was arranged by the Chakaria International Women Observation Committee, Chakaria Upazila Administration, Chakaria Municipality, ISDE Bangladesh, TIB, Karmaneed, SARPVP, Proshika, caritas, UBINIG, ACLAB, Maristopes, SUJAN etc. The rally and march procession was cross the main road and highway of Chittagong Cox’s Bazar and make Human Chain at Chiringa of Chittagong Cox’s Bazar highway.

After end of the rally and procession and panel discussion was held at Auditorium of Chakaria Korak Biddapit. Dr. Shahana Begume Convener of the organizing committee was presided over the discussion, amongst other Municipality Mayor Zafar Alam, ISDE Bangladesh Executive Director S M Nazer Hossain, Upazila Women affairs officer Rabeya Chowdhury, Principal Chakaria Women Collage S M Manzur, Workers Party Central Leader Haji Bashirul Alam, President Upazila Social Entrepreneur Group Umme Kulsum Minu, TIB Regional Manager Zashim Uddin, Proshika Representative Nazrul Islam, Marisytopes representative Moinul Islam, SARPV representative Parveen Banu, Karmanned representative Shahana Begume, ISDE Bangladesh regional Manager Giash uddin, Nazma Akhter from Kaya, Anar Koli jaladas from Upazila Fishing Community federation, and farida Akhter, Khaleda Khanom, Jahanra Begume, Minara Begume and Joynab Begume from organizing committee were took part the discussion

Rally on IWD 2010 at Chittagong Cox's Bazar highway

Later another discussion was held to mark the International women day with Upzila Nirbahi Officer Md Zakir Hossain was presided and Upazila Chairman Rzaul Karim was chief guest and Vice Chairman S M Jahangir Alam Bulbul was special gust. Finally a cultural function was performing to mark the celebration.

The spears urge to ensure women’s equal participation in political process, social and other committees. Speakers also say if only Government and opposition leader is women is not works rightly, all process and procedures should be women friendly. So speakers urge the government to amend the process, system and mechanism of policies to become pro-women equal participation. They also wants support from their male partners in this process. Speakers also says if a father is unable to caretake of children, mother can not ignore of it but when identify the children there is no mentioned of a mother, so the speakers demand to modify the present right of succession laws to ensure mothers rights to identify the succession of a child.

This is also mentioned that ISDE Bangladesh with the help of CSDF/Steps undertakes fortnight long campaign to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women Day from 8-27 March 2010. The programme are rally, honor the grassroots celebrate women and freedom fighter, cultural programme, discussion meeting with political parties, professional organizations, promise to act against eave teasing by the students, documentary film show, gathering and meeting with Upazila and union level NNPC and civil society etc

Human Chain at Chittagong Cox's Bazar Highway

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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.

Monday, September 20, 2010

ISDE Bangladesh Celebrated 100th Anniversary of International Women Day: Making a Century

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