Title of the project
Promoting and protection on the human rights of Dalits. (PPHRD)
Funding Agency:
European Union
EIDHR/2011/260-675
Allocated budget
BDT: 29,178,058.00
Euro: 250,000.00
Duration:
28 Month
Locations:
Khulna, Satkhira, Jeshore, Rangpur, Nilphamri, Shariatpur, Sunamganj, Gopalganj, Bagerhat, Dhaka, Sylhet, Barishal, Narayanganj, And Chuadanga
Executive summary
The planned activities were carried out through ensuring involvement and participation of the targeted community people, civil society and targeted groups of the action.
During this reporting period, the dalits community people have increased awareness on their human rights and realized as well as mobilized to protest violence against dalit’s. Targeted communities extent united in national platform named Bangladesh Dalit Parishad. Different authority of education sectors sensitized toward raising number of students admission in higher education throughout established dalit quota. Dalit Peoples claimed rights to service providing institutions. On the other hand dalit in project area raised voice and mobilized to create pressure to govt. to formulate, immediately enactment of proposed anti discrimination law, special reservation for dalit in higher education, social safety net program, Allocation in national budget including 10 point demands to establishment dalit human rights. The following specific result & changed has been drawn out by the project intervention;
- Authority of public university sensitized and allocated 1.0% quota for admission in higher education.
- Govt. of Bangladesh issued special regulations and policy for dalit, horijon (sweepers) and bende (gipsy) to develop socio-economic situation and implementing pilot project in 1st phase for 21 districts and 39 districts with extension.
- Anti discrimination law for ensuring dalit and excluded peoples dignity has been proposed by human right and law commission and submitted to ministry of law and justice division through movement of Bangladesh Dalit Parishad and Parittran with other CSOs
- Accessibility in services & resources of dalits has been increased.
- BDP and dalit peoples mobilized to protest all sorts of human right violation and ensuring access to justice.
- Capacity of community has been increased
- Dalit peoples received desired supports from BDP in order to resolve internal conflict, violence and caste based discrimination incidents.
- Staffs capacity has enhanced.All these results have contributed to the achievement of the desired project goal.
At the initial stage of the project implementation, it was hard to reach the target group because of their mind set and social attitude to the dalit communities. But through the motivational approach the project staff managed them for participation in the project activities. Once, a barrier was created by some local fundamentalist groups. Who belong in higher caste in service providing sectors didn’t recognized to keep special facilities for dalit but by showing the govt. policy for dalits this issues were resolved. Geographical constraints was another barrier to communicate with each other dalit but by organized joint efforts like rally, day celebration, mobilization, cultural shows in project areas this happened resolved. Sometimes the schedule problem with stakeholders was successfully resolved with the assistance of local elites. During this reporting period few planned activities were not carried out because of severe political unrest prevailing in the country. But all-out initiatives were made to reach the schedule.
Objective:
To contribute to decreased the racial/caste based discrimination by ensuring human rights of social excluded peoples in Bangladesh
Specific objective :
“Promoting the human rights of the dalits peoples through formation, strengthening and train up the dalits right based institution in Bangladesh at coastal region by end of the project period”
Target group(s):
Target groups; Target groups of proposed action are Project implementing staff, Upazilla & Districts Service Providers (Govt. & Non govt.) institution, Dalits Council 26 including 15 upazilla council, 10 district council and 1 central council, 60 Union Based HR defenders groups exist with 25 member for each groups, Community groups 240 Civil society organization, Law enforcing society, Local elected body, 37 number of parliament at khulna division, Upazilla & District administration, Social elite, School management committee, Teachers, Advocate etc. Total number of Target groups 15,000.
Final beneficiaries
Final beneficiaries: The final beneficiaries of the proposed action will be social excluded dalits community like tanners, sewage and garbage workers, sweepers, cobblers, barbers, fishermen, farmers or farm labourers of 10 districts at Khulna Division. Total number of final beneficiaries 40000 (Forty thousands) families of the proposed action area.
Estimated results
- Strengthened dalits rights based organization and have expand advocacy initiatives.
- Increased awareness and accessibility in social justice, private and public resources & services of dalits.
- Enhanced quality education for reducing drop out rate of dalits students.
- Sensitized to mainstreaming peoples having shown positive attitude towards dalits
- The project personal & target groups have well skilled to smooth run the project.
Main activities
- 1: 1.1: Facilitate Workshop and Review workshop to formation upazilla based dalits councils and reformation district dalits council. 1.2: Review Workshop on the district level dalits council 1.3 Hold half yearly and yearly coordination meetings with different Dalit Councilors at district & Sub-district level to plan, execute and review. 1.4: Day observation (International human rights day, day for the elimination of racial discrimination, Dignity day). 1.5: Fact, Findings and database on the HR violence of Dalits. 1.6: Media campaign to highlight the sufferings of dalit people and to establish their rights to live as human beings.
- 2: 2.1: Motivate to TGs and influential leaders to support the project through conduct vulnerable area mapping meeting on HR and area selection and target families selection. 2.3: Mass awareness campaign. 2.4: Developed IEC Materials, 2.5: Developed video documentary film on the dalits life and Show. 2.6: Facilitate formation of union level & community level human rights defenders groups and hold half-yearly coordination meeting. 2.9 Awareness building on basic & human rights, Right to information act and its practice of dalits community through social mobilization and training. 2.10 : Legal aid support 2.11. Networking & linkage building with service providers. 2.9 Organize open community dialogue.
- 3: 3.1 Education materials support to the dalits students. 3.2 Organize issue based discussion and debate competition at school and college level. 3.3 Conduct advocacy meeting 3.4 Conduct dalits youth conference for human rights education.
- 4: 4.1 Prepare an action plan, which would include among others-identification of relevant private and public service providers. 4.2 Organise discussion session to raise awareness and protection of dalit human rights. 4.3 Organize advocacy seminar and workshops 4.4 Arrange Dalits convention on national level.
- 5: 5.1: Training support on planning, report writing, financial management and documentation, project management, 5.1.3 M&E, Advocacy, Negotiation, Human rights & Mobilization, PIP and Organization Development for project personal. 5.2.6 Strengthen Dalits council member, human rights defenders groups through skill development training. 5.2.7 Training on Democracy & Policy advocacy.
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