If Women Stop, The World Stops.
Our Vision
To establish a society based on freedom of expression, in which all people particularly women and girls have full and effective participation in the social and economic development process
Our Mission
The mission of the group is to build up the capacity of the disadvantaged, vulnerable and socially excluded women and girls, towards improving their livelihoods and movement building, in order to challenge the social structural process that deny women’s rights.
Badadon Sangho is a women’s rights and women-led group, working for lower-caste, Dalit, single mothers, separated, widows, divorcees, religious minorities, and girls. It is (a non-profit and non-political organisation) governed by group members and a federation.
History
The group was formed with the passion and experiences we had during our journey of doing something for the women while government started to set up Rampal thermal power plant and other development projects. This women’s rights group, has started its journey in 2016 in the southern region of Bangladesh the Rampal and Mongla, next to the Bay of Bengal and Sundarban (the largest mangrove forest). In details, while they were coming to collect drinking water, these rural women, fisherwomen and Dalit women were gathered and organized in groups in order to mobilize the issue. At that time, they talked about the abusement of women’s land rights induced by the thermal power plant and overall climate changes’ issues i.e., salinity in water and soil, natural disasters and commercial shrimp cultivations are the existing challenges that group members were facing. On top of that, public and private land investment doubled their sufferings.
After a series of gatherings, meetings, and planning this women group evolved and took the formation of an organization naming `Badabon Sangho’. Badabon means the Sundarban (indigenous name of Sundarban). Since the inception, group members organised various actions like rallies, human chains, coaching, consultation and assemblies in responses to rights abuse, racial injustice and violence against women and girls.
History
The group was formed with the passion and experiences we had during our journey of doing something for the women while government started to set up Rampal thermal power plant and other development projects. This women’s rights group, has started its journey in 2016 in the southern region of Bangladesh the Rampal and Mongla, next to the Bay of Bengal and Sundarban (the largest mangrove forest). In details, while they were coming to collect drinking water, these rural women, fisherwomen and Dalit women were gathered and organized in groups in order to mobilize the issue. At that time, they talked about the abusement of women’s land rights induced by the thermal power plant and overall climate changes’ issues i.e., salinity in water and soil, natural disasters and commercial shrimp cultivations are the existing challenges that group members were facing. On top of that, public and private land investment doubled their sufferings.
After a series of gatherings, meetings, and planning this women group evolved and took the formation of an organization naming `Badabon Sangho’. Badabon means the Sundarban (indigenous name of Sundarban). Since the inception, group members organised various actions like rallies, human chains, coaching, consultation and assemblies in responses to rights abuse, racial injustice and violence against women and girls.
Our Distinct Approach
Feminist Development
Land Rights
Climate Justice
Where We Work
Bagerhat
Dhaka
Potuakhali
Our Latest Events
Women group federation election 2023
Group members organized a federation election at Dosani in Bagerhat on 30 August 2023. A total of 80 group leaders (5 leaders from 16 groups)
Providing financial assistance to women farmers, 28 August 2023
Group members organized a meeting for providing financial assistance to women farmers’ association members at Rampal in Bagerhat on 28 August 2023. A total of
Seed distribution among women farmers’ association, 20th August 2023
Women farmers’ group members are happy to receive vegetable seeds for their cropping. Some of them are sharecroppers and managing the field together. They organized
Training to women group leaders on How to bring out VAWG reports and safeguarding, 9th August 2023
Group members organized a training to women group leaders on How to bring out VAWG reports and safeguarding, 9th August 2023 at Keranigonj in Dhaka.
A training to women group members and leaders on land ownership, Bagerhat, 27 July 2023
Purpose of the meeting: To create awareness for women’s land rights. On 27th July a training of women group members and leaders on women Ownership
Coordination meeting with male and female fisher-folk, Cox-Bazar, 17-18 July 2023
Purpose of the Meeting: To create awareness among fisher men and women about their rights. A series of coordination meetings with fisher men and women