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  • FULL NAME OF PROJECT

Advancement of CBOs’ platform to restore rights and entitlements of the left-behind communities

  • Project Areas : Manikganj district
  • Start Date: 1st February 2021
  • End date: 30th November 2021
  • NAME & ADDRESS OF PARTNER

UNDP Bangladesh Lead Mukti Kushtia

Objectives of the Project

The objective of this project is to strengthen and advance the capacity of the existing Community-Based Organization (CBO) platform in Manikganj Municipality to effectively advocate for and restore the rights and entitlements of left-behind communities, ensuring their meaningful inclusion in local and national development processes.

Over a 10-month period, the intervention will focus on empowering the CBO platform to engage strategically with government institutions, service providers, and other stakeholders to address systemic inequalities, discrimination, and exclusion faced by marginalized groups. The project aims to enhance the platform’s ability to facilitate access to social safety nets, education, health, and protection services, while also fostering leadership within the communities to sustain these efforts. A key focus will be on preventing and mediating gender-based violence, reducing the prevalence of drug abuse, and promoting social cohesion.

Special emphasis will be placed on addressing the unique vulnerabilities of women, children, and adolescents in these communities, ensuring they are protected from violence, bullying, and social stigma. By leveraging the platform’s existing trust, experience, and strong local networks, the project seeks to build a sustainable mechanism that enables left-behind communities to claim their constitutional rights, participate in governance, and live with dignity and equality.

Sensitizing the Actors who can be involved in Prevention of Violence against Women at the local-level

1st  November 2019

30th November 2020

Dhaka & Manikganj district

UNDP Bangladesh

With the financial support of UNDP, this program was implemented in a total of 20 unions in Savar and Dhamrai of Dhaka District and 20 unions of Manikganj Sadar and Singair Upazila of Manikganj District. The purpose of the mentioned program was to solve various social problems such as women abuse, child marriage, polygamy, divorce, family conflict and violence during the corona epidemic, child abuse etc.

UNDP Activities at Glance:

From 2018 to 2022, Eakok Attomanobik Unnayan Sangstha actively implemented several projects across four Upazilas—Savar and Dhamrai in Dhaka District, and Manikganj Sadar and Singair in Manikganj District. These initiatives were carried out under the leadership of Mukti Nari O Shishu Unnayan Sangstha in partnership with Eakok and ten other organizations. The major interventions included:

  1. Advancement of CBOs’ Platforms to restore rights and entitlements of left-behind and marginalized communities.
  2. “Sensitizing the Actors who can be Involved in Prevention of Violence against Women at the Local Level” – a project under the Low-Value Grant Scheme of UNDP Bangladesh.
  3. COVID-19 Response activities focusing on emergency support and awareness.
  4. Livelihood Skill Training Programs to enhance economic resilience among disadvantaged groups.

The overarching goal of these programs was to establish the rights of minority and left-behind communities through community empowerment and advocacy.

In 2022, upon completion of the project cycle, and at the request of UNDP, Eakok Attomanobik Unnayan Sangstha was entrusted with the full responsibility of preparing a Human Rights Situation Report for Manikganj District. The report, developed with an evidence-based and participatory