Prevent Sex Trafficking of Women in Bangladesh

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Summary

Provide indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh economic alternatives to prostitution and forced labor. Empower women with skills based education and rights awareness training to improve self-esteem. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Bangladesh rights of the girl child and women are not widely acknowledged or practiced. Exploitation, abuse and violation of the rights of children and adolescents are prevalent. The rate of this violation multiplies when children and adolescents are indigenous. ACD programs will empower and build life skills in 250 young indigenous women from the Rajshahi and Naogaon districts of Bangladesh.

Activities

ACD will conduct orientations for women and adolescent girls to make them aware of their rights and enable them to raise their voice against discrimination. In addition there will be life-skills based education and vocational training.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,955
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $5,245
Total Funding Goal: $7,200

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By nurturing leadership and entrepreneurship ACD aims to empower the women and adolescent girls of the indigenous minority. They will become aware of and be able to address gender-based disparities and demand their rights in the community.

Project Message

“We want to work with adolescent indigenous girls to promote their rights and build their capacity for their own self-confidence and empowerment.”
- Salima Sarwar, Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Zavala,
ACD Program Coordinator
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

ACD, Association for Community Development
c/o IDEX
827 Valencia Street, #101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
http://www.idex.org

Learn more about ACD, Association for Community Development and the project team.


Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bangladesh and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 21, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

December 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, December 09, 2008 03:26 PM

ACD recently conducted three day-long workshops, where 60 women and female adolescent leaders were provided with training on different existing human rights instruments, Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Indigenous People’s Rights, and socio-economic and political rights. Additionally, 20 of the women leaders received training on gender and justice.

Educating women on their rights plays a critical role in ACD’s program to build and strengthen female empowerment and self-sufficiency. To supplement rights-based education, ACD has also been providing vocational training, leadership training, and micro-credit support.

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