http://www.gbk-bd.org GBK - Working for fair society in Northwest Bangladesh Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:35:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Date:20th – 26th April 2009  What is Global Action Week?  Global Action Week is a week of action and activities, held every year in April since 1999, to raise awareness of the need for Education for All. Who organises Global Action Week? Organised by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), an international collective of ... http://www.gbk-bd.org/2009/04/26/global-action-week-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 ... http://www.gbk-bd.org/2009/03/22/a-seminar-on-%e2%80%93-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%e2%80%99-empo/ 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 ... http://www.gbk-bd.org/2007/07/04/reception-of-indigenous-freedom-fighters-by-cna/ 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 ... http://www.gbk-bd.org/2007/06/29/santal-revolution-day-2007/