General Information

Human rights violations ranging from minor infractions to grave injustice occur at unacceptably high frequency in Bangladesh. The women and children in the poor, distressed, and marginalized segments of the society are the two groups most vulnerable and subject to these violations. Limited access to basic services particularly security, legal support and protection of the vulnerable women and children have to face terrible situation. Therefore, DAM intends to undertake a course of action in the name of Human Rights and Social Justice to complement this national agenda. The key actions under this sector include awareness raising, networking, advocacy with law enforcement actors, legal aid, access to justice and rehabilitation of Human Rights victims.

Besides, its own initiatives, DAM collaborates with government programs and works with other NGOs in the field of women’s rights and child rights in particular. It has elaborate programs on prevention of child and woman trafficking and that of child labour. DAM works on this theme by tackling the problems and anomalies from both the end – the violators and the violated. At local levels DAM implements various awareness creation programs through its Ganokendra, CRCs and MPCs. And at the national level it carries out advocacy activities with good earnest.