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A seminar on – The responsibility of the political parties to secure and defend the rights of the indigenous peoples of Northwest Bangladesh and sharing of the Indigenous Peoples’ Empowerment Process (IPEP) baseline survey report

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Venue: Dinajpur Press Club
Date: 17th March 2009
Time: 10.30am – 1.00pm
Organised by: Jatio Adivashi Parishad
Supported by: Gram Bikash Kendra
Background
The indigenous peoples of Bangladesh mainly live in the plain lands and the Chittagong hill tracts. Altogether, there are almost 45 different indigenous community groups. Among that a big portion of indigenous people are living in the Northwest region of the country, of […]

Reception of indigenous freedom fighters by CNA

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Coordination of NGO’s for Adibhashi’s (CNA) is a network of 8 NGOs that are working in the field of indigenous people’s empowerment in Northwest part of Bangladesh. GBK is performing as the Chairperson of the network from its inception. CNA’s main activities are dialogue/advocacy with the government authorities on behalf of the indigenous communities, inspiration […]

Santal Revolution Day 2007

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Santal revolution day (usually called “Santal”) is one of the red letter days in the life of the indigenous people, especially for the Santal communities. There is a history of struggle behind the day.
More than one hundred and fifty years ago, the indigenous people were lived by cleaning nearby jungle and produce food crops on […]