Presented by : Submitted to :

Group # 05 Sheikh Morshed Jahan

 Md. Mainuddin, ZR-23

 Sababa Islam, RQ-24
 Shaheen Siam, ZR-16
 Md. Raquibuddoula Chowdhury, ZR-28
 Rashed Al Ahmad Tarique, ZR-61
 Salman Hassan Ibne Shams, ZR-63
Key Strategies
Eliminate Poverty and achieve Economic growth and
Social Justice by :

 Identifying the excluded and vulnerable groups in

society
 Ensuring their overall participation
 Promoting their social inclusion
 Ensuring their empowerment
Identifying the Groups

 Women
 Children
 Ethnic Minority Groups
 Disabled People
 Other Disadvantaged Groups
Women’s rights & advancements
Changes For The Better
 Free education for women upto high school

 Increase in number of working women in offices,

factories and even in independent small businesses and
national politics

 Allocations of money for widows & divorced women

and ban imposed on dowry

 Increase in the quality and awareness of maternal health

and decreased feotal and infant deaths
Curses to be Countered
 Discrimination in offices and homes are often seen
 Increased number of sexual harassment is
prevalent in all walks of life
 Maternal health issues have not yet been resolved
despite being addressed
 Enrolment in higher education is still quite low
Solutions for the Future
 Free maternal care facilities across the country
 Ensuring just rights for women in all working
circumstances and encouraging female
appointment in all sectors
 Enacting laws to ensure high level female
education for all
 Ensuring prevention of female exploitation by
imposing harsh punishments and enacting laws.
Children
Key Issues
 State of children indicates status of national
development

 Failure to facilitate children’s true potential

contributes to persistent poverty

 Must ensure basic rights and livelihood needs

of children across the country
Government’s commitment

 Strongly committed through ratification of UN

CRC, ILO & SAARC Conventions etc

 Principal legislative instruments include The

Children Act 1974 & the Children Rules 1976

 The Compulsory Primary Education Act 1990

Actions to be taken
 Addressing the health sector

 Emphasis on all levels of education

 Issues related to child labour & violence must be

addressed

 Strengthening the legal front

 The children should be empowered

Ethnic Minority Groups
Adivasis of Bangladesh

 About 45 Ethnic Minority Communities

 Estimated population : 2 million

 Largely located in Chittagong Hill Tracts

 Little national involvement due to political

turmoil
Identification of issues

 Social, political and economic exclusion

 Loss of heritage and cultural identity
 Few opportunities in education & skill development
 Lack of access to information & technology
Actions to be taken
 Effective recognition of Ethnic Minority Communities,
 Implementation of CHT Peace Accord (1997) & Hill District
Councils Acts (1989),
 Protection against land grabbing and social injustice,
 Provide education & skill training, proper health care and
sanitation facilities,
 Ensure electrification and access to telecommunication
Disabled people
The Issues
 Disabled people are denied not only social and
political needs but also basic human needs

 Disability and poverty are interlinked and they

reinforce each other

 Disability not included in any routine data

collection
Actions to be taken
 Establishing proper data collection mechanism
 Ensuring access of the disabled in the education sector
 Strengthening the early detection of symptoms of
disability and providing primary medical rehabilitation
 Creating income opportunities for the disabled by
providing training facilities
 Ensuring involvement of handicapped people in various
national and community level committees in making
decisions that affect the lives of the disabled.
Other disadvantaged groups
Disadvantaged Communities
 Bawalies  Kulies

 Mawalies  Methor

 Bede  Sex Workers

 Mymal  Adolescents in Crime

 Muchi  Refugees

 Nagarchi
The Key Problems

 Living in isolated communities

 Hereditary & traditional professions
 Treated as social outcasts
The Solutions
 Must be taken out of isolation

 Government benefits must reach them

 Job opportunities in Mainstream activities

 Rehabilitation and training of Sex workers &

adolescents in crime

 Prejudices against these people need to be

overcome
Conclusion
THANK
YOU