Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) Human Rights & Gender Promotion

IDF has been working on human rights and gender issues since its inception. IDF organizes poor women and provide training and necessary inputs for both economic and social empowerment.

The main objective of the program is to alleviate poverty through the improvement of economic, social and political rights of the poor people of urban slum and rural remote areas of Bangladesh.

Human Rights & Gender issues addressed by IDF

Human Rights Issues

1. Human Rights on Democracy & Governance
2. Legal Issues & Land Ownership
3. STI / HIV / AIDS
4. Child Rights

Activities

• Awareness raising of common people on governance and democracy
• Training on governance and democracy for local government bodies
• Training for landless poor on importance and process of land ownership
• Legal support
• Counseling and services on STD / HIV / AIDS to sex workers,
rickshaw pullers, truckers and their partners
• Rehabilitation of displaced families
• Mainstreaming of vulnerable and street children through non formal
education, counseling, IGA training and health services.

Gender Issues

1. Women’s access to economic resources.
2. Promotion of men and women’s joint participation in decision-making
at all levels.
3. Improvement of women’s access to education and health care.
4. Promotion of social rights of women
5. Eliminating discrimination against women.

Activities

• Awareness on gender and social rights issues
• Priority of women membership in micro finance program
• Ensure both men and women’s participation in micro finance activities
• Leadership development among women members
• Ensure women’s access to education and health care services
• Women entrepreneur development
• Priority of women in recruitment
• Ensure gender sensitive working environment