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General
Information on Bangladesh
AsiaSource
country profile: Bangladesh
Bangladesh
govenment site.
Photographic
Essays of Bangladesh
Other
Women
Entitled "Other Women," this 2000 calendar
explores the lives of prostitutes in Bangladesh, documenting brothel eviction,
police brutality, and substandard living conditions. The photographs,
taken by Bangladeshi women, are accompanied by insightful captions and
quotes from interviews with the sex workers.
Stolen
Dreams
This online photography exhibit by David Parker
is entitled "Stolen Dreams" and documents the lives of child
laborers in Bangladesh, India and Mexico. Sponsored by the Harvard School
of Public Health, this exhibition focuses on public health concerns caused
by child labor throughout the world.
Positive
Lives
This virtual gallery is the home of "Positive
Lives," an exhibition of photographs of people living with HIV/AIDS
in Bangladesh, the doctors and medical volunteers who care for them, and
the activists who work to prevent the disease.
Mushfiqul
Alam
The homepage of Bangladeshi photographer Mushfiqul
Alam, this site contains ten full-color galleries, including stunning
portraits of children in rural and urban Bangladesh.
Grameen
Bank Gallery
The Grameen Bank photo gallery contains a series
of images of Bangladeshi women whose standard of living has improved as
a result of Grameen Bank micro-lending programs. Projects covered include
weaving, farming, and bamboo work.
Dhaka
71
This online exhibit entitled "Dhaka '71"
chronicles the Bangladeshi war for independence from Pakistan and contains
some brutal black and white images of the conflict.
Shahidul
Alam
From The New Internationalist, Shahidul Alam's
photographs portray resistance and rebellion in Bangladesh in the 1990s.
Migrant
Labor
"Migrant Labor," an online photo exhibit
by Shahidul Alam, documents the lives of migrant workers and their families
who leave Bangladesh in search of employment, some never to return home
again.
Rickshaw:
Views on a Social Issue
"Rickshaw: Views on a Social Issue" is
an online exhibition containing photographs by ten Bangladeshi photographers
of the daily lives of rickshaw drivers in Dhaka.
Women's
organizations in Bangladesh
Project
Bangldesh
Project Bangladesh is an international organization
that aims to prevent acid-burn attacks on women in Bangladesh and raises
money for medical aid to the victims of these brutal acts of violence.
Bikash
Bikash is a project of the Novartis Foundation for
Sustainable Development that provides education, training, and micro-credit
to women in rural Bangladesh.
Development
in Bangladesh
Muhammad
Yunus
AsiaSource interview with Muhammad Yunus, founder
and managing director of Grameen Bank, a ground-breaking institution that
has provided credit to over 2.4 million poor people in Bangladesh.
Shafiqual
Haque Choudhury
AsiaSource interview with Shafiqual Haque Choudhury,
the founder and Managing Director of Association for Social Advancement
(ASA), a micro-credit institution in Bangladesh.
Grameen
Bank
The Grameen Bank is the pioneer microcredit lending
institution in Bangladesh.
Propoor's
Bangladesh Page
The Bangladesh homepage of the Propoor website lets
you search a database of NGOs working for rural development, poverty alleviation,
and women's rights in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Institute
of Development Studies
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
is a multidisciplinary organization that sponsors lectures, research,
and publications on development in Bangladesh.
Microcredit
Gone Global
An Asian Social Issues Program dealing with microcredit
in Bangladesh.
South
Asian Women's Organizations in the U.S.
Sakhi
for Women
Sakhi is the leading South Asian American women's organization dedicated
to preventing and treating domestic abuse and violence against women.
SAWNET
The South Asian Women's Network (SAWNET) is a national discussion list,
forum, and support group for women of South Asian descent living in the
United States.
Samhati
Samhati is a Washington, D.C.-based group of Bangladeshi women that funds
projects which educate and empower women and children in Bangladesh. The
organization currently funds a women's shelter in Dhaka as well as several
rural projects.
Manavi
Manavi is a group of South Asian American women who advocate women's rights
and gender equality, provide counseling and legal services for South Asian
American women in crisis situations, and help women applying for gender-based
political asylum.
Maitri
Maitri is a San Francisco-based South Asian women's organization that
encourages female empowerment and helps victims of domestic violence.
Asian American Arts Organizations
SAWCC
The South Asian Women's Creative Collective is a New York-based arts group
for women of South Asian descent. The Collective organizes exhibits, lectures
and performances.
Asian
American Arts Foundation
Asian American Arts Foundation is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization
that provides grants, workshops and support to artists of Asian descent.
This online exhibition was created in December 2001. To reach Fariba
Alam, email her at faribaalam@yahoo.com
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