ASK at a Glance

Status
Societies Registration Act, 1860 since September 20, 1986.
Foreign Donation Regulation Ordinance, 1978 since June 28, 1993.
In special consultative status with UNECOSOC since July 31, 1998.

Members
Founding members: 9, one deceased (4 women and 5 men)
General members: 28 (17 women and 11 men)
Executive Committee members: 9 (6 women and 3 men)

Staff
Total: 133 (including regular, contract and part-time)
Women: 82
Men: 51

Units
ASK's strategies to access justice are implemented by 12 Units. Overall management of programmes is the responsibility of the Administration and Finance Units.

Output 1: Awareness of Legal and Human Rights

Gender and Social Justice
Popular Theatre
Training

Output 2: Provision of legal services

Legal Aid
Outreach
Field Liaison Support
Investigation
Child Rights
Psycho-social help in counseling is a new program,
and is not a Unit

Output 3: Advocacy for Reform

Documentation
Research
Communication
Advocacy

Output 4: Programme Management

Administration
Finance

Legal Aid Clinics
Legal Clinics in Dhaka-4
Shah Ali Bagh,Mirpur,Johnson Road, Goran (ASK DIC), Kamrangirchar.

Legal Clinics outside Dhaka in collaboration with BRAC-230

Drop in Centres for Working Children-7
Bashabo,PuranaPaltan,Mirpur,Mohammadpur,Goran,Shantibagh,Ekota.

Partner NGOs
ASK collaborates with six partner organizations in six Thanas for Gender and Social Justice and Popular Theatre. Its partners are Nari o Shishu Unnayan Sangsthya (Mukti) (Kushtia), Sirajganj Uttaran Mohila Shanghsthya (Sirajganj), Pabna Protisruti (Pabna), Welfare Efforts (Jhenaidaha), Shabolomby Unnayan Shamiti and Women Development Organization (Netrokona Purbadhala and Sadar). ASK also runs a legal aid programme with BRAC in 185 rural locations in Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions.

Networking
ASK collaborates with six partner organizations in specific Thanas for Gender and Social Justice and Popular Theatre programmes, and with BRAC for legal aid in rural areas.

ASK is associated with national, regional and international networks to promote human rights.

National Networks
Bangladesh Shishu Odhikar Forum (BSAF)
Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP)
Strategic Action Team for Violence Against Women
Beijing Plus Five for Women’s Rights

Regional and International Networks
Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
Asian Network for the International Criminal Court (ANICC)
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice
Asian Migrants Forum
Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education (ARRC Bangkok)
Forum Asia
International Women’s Rights Action Watch (IWRAW)
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)