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WTO Loses Legitimacy as Affected Communities, CSO Shut Out of Normal Participation at MC13 in Abu Dhabi, Global Civil Society Condemns

Abu Dhabi 28 February 2024: Non-governmental representatives participating in the third day of the MC13 of WTO in Abu Dhabi condemned the disruption of their normal activities in the name of security. Three of the NGO representatives were detained for...

Stop the Illegitimate Anti-development Investment Facilitation Agreement Now!!

Tonight (25 February 2024), a sub-group of WTO Members will celebrate the conclusion of a break-away agreement on investment facilitation and try to secure its adoption as a plurilateral agreement at this week’s 13th ministerial conference.  That can only...

উন্নয়ন ও মানবিক কাজে যোগাযোগের ভাষা হোক বাংলা_Bangla should be the Primary Language of Communication for Development and Humanitarian Work

ঢাকা, ২১ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৪: আজ অমর একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি। ভাষা শহীদ দিবস এবং আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস। কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশন আজ তার কর্মএলাকা ১০টি জেলায় দিবসটি পালন করেছে। এই দিবসের স্লোগান ছিল "উন্নয়ন ও মানবিক কাজে যোগাযোগের প্রধান ভাষা হোক বাংলা"। বিশ্বব্যাপী...

Civil Society Seminar on the eve of WTO MC13 : WTO’s draft text will obstruct Bangladesh’s fisheries development

Dhaka, 18 February 2024: Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD), a national platform of CSO and NGOs in Bangladesh, organised a seminar in Dhaka today to discuss the possible position of the Bangladesh Government delegation on the eve of...

CSOs Demand VAT Cancellation as a Poverty Reduction Strategy

Dhaka, 17 January 2024: Twelve civil society organizations led by Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) demonstrated a rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka today in solidarity with the global civil society network Fight Inequality...

“Experts from Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bangladesh Highlight Inequities and Proposed Collaborative Solutions at Virtual Dialogue 2023”: Gender equality is must to...

Virtual Platform, 18 December 2023: TheSmall-Scale Fisheries sector plays an important role in the economy of countries like Bangladesh, India and Thailand. Despite the active participation of women in various activities including fish harvesting, processing and marketing processes, they...

COAST, HAI and CWSA event at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week-2023 in Bangkok, Thailand: Civil society urge for more facilitating role of pooled funds...

Local actors are the key to serve immediately the community and people affected by crisis. But the uneven competition among the local actors, international NGOs and UN agencies accessing the Country-Based Pooled Fund (CBPF) in the aid system often...

The Rohingya crisis, the ultimate solution lies in Myanmar: Humanitarian networks urged on joint advocacy and regional actions during the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week...

Bangkok and Dhaka, 12th December 2023. Yesterday, a session jointly organized by COAST Foundation, Coxs Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF),NGO Platform Cox's Bazar (NGOP) and Rohingya Human Rights Network in a session during the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2023,...

A4EP event at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week-2023 in Bangkok, Thailand: Global Humanitarian Actors call for empowerment of front-line workers in aid system

Bangkok, 12 December, 2023. Frontline workers are the key to serve immediately the community and people affected by crisis. But the aid system often does not recognise the value and contribution of front-line workers engaged in aid system. Considering...

CSOs Urge Developed Countries to Phase Out Fossil Fuels for 1.5-Degree Goal: Developed Nations Urged to Boost UNFCCC’s Adaptation Funds for MVCs

Dubai, UAE, December 09, 2023 - During the ongoing Cop 28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai, leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) convened a press conference, have shown their deep dissatisfaction on poor progress of MVC...

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Civil Society Calls for Strengthened Rohingya Support Ahead of Repatriation: International Seminar at Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2024 in Thailand

Bangkok, 11 December 2024: Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts have stressed the critical need to protect and support...