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Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2005 (English).

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Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2004
Dakkhin Asiay Nari o Sushashon: Prekkhit Bangladesh ... (Bangla)
Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2003

Human Rights in Bangladesh 2003 is not only an inventory of abuses of human rights but also tries to identify the reasons for a socio-political development that tends to exclude a majority of citizens from a meaningful participations. Page: 268 Price: 250

Children Cry Alone by Lubna Marium

Elimination of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Youth in Bangladesh is a researched study on the situation of commercial and non-commercial sex abused children. It is focused on the socio-economic factors of abuse and exploitation. This volume can be a useful tool for advocacy as it attempts to: * Identify common medical health and psycho-social needs of sexually exploited children; * Explore the range and capacity of services available to sexually abused and exploited children in Bangladesh; * Promote awareness of the situation of the sexually abused and exploited youth in Bangladesh; * Use the knowledge as a base for development of training of service providers; Page: 120 Price: 70

Janoshawarthe Mamla (Bangla)

Her Unfearing Mind
Women and Muslim Laws in Bangladesh
Sultana Kamal

This book reviews laws that apply to women in family relations such as marriage, divorce, custody etc. It also identifies the continuing sources of discrimination against women deriving from customary practice. This study was conducted as part of ASK's research for Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML) and is an English translation of Manobir Nishonko Mon, by the same author, which is described below. Published in 2001 Price: Tk. 300.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2002.

Human Rights in Bangladesh 2002 is not only an inventory of abuses of human rights but also tries to identify the reasons for a socio-political development that tends to exclude a majority of citizens from a meaningful participations. Page: 337 Price: 290

Manobodhikar Bangladesh 2001

For the first time, the Bangla edition of 'Human Rights in Bangladesh 2001' has been publishe d under the title Manobodhikar Bangladesh 2001. Published in 2002 Price: Tk. 250.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh 2001

Human Rights in Bangladesh 2001 reviews the implications of the political system in Bangladesh for the rights of citizens and their opportunities for participation. The analyses further draws links between corruption and human rights. It is a useful compendium in compiling examples of violations of human rights committed by both state and non-state actors, and the weakness of the state in combating these during an election year. It also points to the many avenues of citizens' activism to deter immediate violations and to restrain their systemic causes. Published in 2002 Price: Tk. 260

Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2000.

Human Rights in Bangladesh 2000 provides an annual audit of the situation of human rights. Based on information collated from official documents, court judgements and newspaper scans, each chapter identifies the nature of violations and interventions by the state and society. The volume also looks at resources of citizens' activism to combat the violations. Published in 2001 Price: Tk. 280.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh, 1999.

Human Rights in Bangladesh 1999 is a very useful source book for academics and activists. It records not only the violations of human rights as reported in daily newspapers but attempts to situate them within a social and political context. The report gives an insight into the role of the three institutions of the state - the executive, judiciary and legislature in applying or promoting human rights standards. Examples of citizens' activism to prevent violations reflect a growing public concern with the situation of violence as well as the rights of minorities and women. Published in 2001 Price: Tk. 230.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh, 1998.

In presenting a chronology of the violations of human rights, Human Rights in Bangladesh 1998, suggests the nature of systemic, institutional and cultural weaknesses which allow such transgressions to take place. It is an important source book compiling and analyzing data that reflects upon the situation of human rights in Bangladesh. Published in 1999 Price: Tk. 300.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh 1997.

Human Rights in Bangladesh 1997 presents an in-depth documentation of violations of human rights by state agencies during the year. its incisive evidence of the negligence of the state in deterring violations by non-state actors point to the causes for lapses in the rule of law in Bangladesh. Published in 1998 Price: Tk. 225.00

Human Rights in Bangladesh 1996.

Human Rights in Bangladesh 1996 provides a systematic analysis of the violation of human rights in Bangladesh. Based on newspaper reports, fact-finding investigations and eye witness accounts, it explains how the impediments to democratic institutions and practice, as well as the rule of law have undermined the promotion of constitutional and human rights. This book is a collective exercise undertaken for the first time by three human rights organizations. Published in 1997 Price: Tk. 250.00

Contemporary Feminist Perspectives

Women's studies have increasingly attained a multi disciplinary character the world over. Each discipline contributed to the growing body of research on women. Feminist thought and practice on the other hand enriched enquiry and research into areas hitherto unexplored by the various disciplines. This dynamism was however not reflected in much of the development literature, which incorporated gender concerns. In Bangladesh this was even more so. It is with the view to fill this gap that feminist scholars from various disciplines have contributed towards this anthology hoping to introduce and inform both future researchers as well as development activists of the various perspectives and dimensions being developed or addressed in disciplines such as history, literature, feminist thought and practice, legal theory and practice, and finally, the development discourse. Special attention is paid to relate these perspectives to the Bangladesh situation.

Rights and Realities

Rights and Realities is a collection of articles written by members and staff of Ain o Salish Kendra published in various national dailies over the period 1993 to 1996. Out of these, 35 articles have been published in this volume. The articles published here reflect upon significant legal, social and political issues, which were raised in national and international debates. Subjects such as war crimes, repressive laws, gender discrimination, practice of democracy, child rights, housing rights, which are included in this volume, continue to be relevant today. A Bangla translation of the book is available under the title "Adhikar o Bastobota". Published in 1997 Price: Tk. 100.00

Narir 71 O Juddha Porobarti Kathya Kahini.

This is an invaluable documentation of the oral history of 19 women's experiences of violence during Bangladesh's war of liberation in 1971. These women were not publicly known, nor were they actively engaged in the historical changes. But the consequences of 1971 have affected them subsequently. As they narrate their memories of the violence of rape, widowhood, dislocation, they reveal a gendered history of the implications of conflicts and wars. Published in 2001 Price: Tk. 250.00

Smriti o Kotha-1971

This book is the first in the series Muktijuddhey Tarai Chhilen, an outcome of the project 'Oral History Project' conducted by Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) to document the stories of ordinary citizens during the nine months of our Liberation War. This memoir by Anjali Lahiri narrates her experiences of working in the refugee camps along the Meghalaya-Sylhet border. Published in 1999. Price TK. 60.00

Dharshon-Porobarti Aini Lorai

A simply written and illustrated handbook on legal procedures and legal aid that victims of rape can avail from ASK and other like-minded organizations. Published in 1999. Price TK. 40.00

Aine Nari Nirjatan Prosanga

The book specifically spells out provisions under the various enacted laws as to what legal remedies are available under Bangladeshi legislation for women victims of violence. Published in 1998. Price TK. 80.00

Amar Prithibi
Khursheed Erfan Ahmed

Amar Prithibi is a compilation of texts, modules and materials on general education for adolescent children. It shares experience of child centered learning with educators. Amar Prithibi has evolved from a series of workshops into a twelve unit syllabi on humanities facilitated by trained educators for working children at Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Dhaka. It is used as a Teacher’s Manual for Child centered learning with materials on 12 topics (Myself, My Body, My Health, My Food, My Country, My Environment, My Neighbours, My Culture, My Reproductive Health and Gender, My History, My Beliefs, My Rights) and is used both for literate and non-literate children and their parents. Published in 1998 Price Tk. 200.00

Adhikar o Bastobota

This is a Bangla translation of Rights and Realities, a collection of articles written by members and staff of Ain o Salish Kendra published in various national dailies over the period 1993 to 1996. Out of these, 35 articles have been published in this volume. Published: in 1997 Price TK. 80.00

Paribarik Aine Bangladesher Nari

Laws relating to Women's personal rights in Bangladesh. Published in 1997 Price TK. 55.00

Manober Nishanka Mon
Sultana Kamal ed. Dhaka: ASK, 1995.

Women and Muslim laws in Bangladesh Published in 1998. Price TK. 150.00

For further information on ASK publications, please Contact Ms. Zaffrin Sattar, Librarian.

IN STOCK
1. Rights without Remedies (Sara Hossain, Shahdin Malik & Bushra Musa), Dhaka; UPL,1997

2. Sanglap Booklet Series:
Attack on Fundamentals (Dhaka, 1995)(English)
Chingri Chash Keno? (Dhaka, 1994)(Bangla)
Blasphemy (Dhaka, 1994)(Bangla)
Polygamy and the Law (Dhaka, 1993) (Bangla and English)
Simply written and illustrated these pamphlets are useful for readers with minimum reading skills.

3. Child Readers: Tuklu Series
Shishu Adhikar: Amar Adhikar , Part V (Dhaka, 1996)(Bangla)
Amar Adhikar, Parts III & IV (Dhaka, 1994)(Bangla)
Shishu Path: Tuklu Ain Shikha, Part I (Dhaka, 1993))(Bangla)
Tuklu Ari Pata, Part II (Dhaka, 1993)(Bangla)
Esho Ain Shikhi (Dhaka, 1990)(Bangla).

REGULAR PUBLICATION

1. ASK Quarterly Bulletin
Reports on current legal and policy issues that affect people's lives. It also includes ASK investigative reports on violations of legal and human rights, documentation compiled from newspapers of violence against women, violence by law enforcement agencies and custodial deaths.

Leaflets on different legal issues:
Ainer Kotha- Marriage 10/-
Ainer Kotha –Family Court Ordinance 10/-
Ainer Kotha-Divorce 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Maintenance & Guardianship 10/-
Ainer Kotha-Mediation 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Hindu Family Laws 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Child Laws 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Christian Family law 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Muslim inheritance law 10/-
Ainer Kotha- Dower 10/-
These are illustrated, brief papers written in easy Bangla, to explain different laws. Useful as reference material in legal literacy courses or trainings.

PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Hossain, Hameeda (Dhaka, 1992). Foreign Women Domestic Workers, International Migration, Employment and International Policies; What Interventions? 20 p. Published in Development Dialogue (October, 1992).

Subject(s): Women--Migration Women--Labor

Explores the situation of women migrant domestic workers from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines employed in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Pakistan and Singapore. Examines regional patterns of migration, vulnerability of migrant domestic workers, and existing regulatory schemes. Proposes policy alternatives to standardize and improve conditions for migrant domestic workers and discusses constraints to such proposals.

UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
1. Ahmed, Nilufar (Dhaka, 1995). Debt Crisis, Structural Adjustment Policies and Impact on Workers in Bangladesh. 10 p.
2. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1995). Democracy, Human Rights and Independence of the Judiciary: A Report on Bangladesh, 1991-1995. 42 p.

Subject(s): Human Rights Law

Extensive three-part report examines democracy in Bangladesh from 1991-1995 by exploring popular political participation, human rights practices, and the independence of the judiciary.

3. Matin, Nila (Compiled) Papers on Gender Inequality and Personal Laws in Bangladesh. (Dhaka, 1995) 18 p.

4. Investigation Unit ASK. Reports on Fact Finding Training Workshops. (Dhaka, 1995)

5. Asaduzzamen, Md. (Dhaka, 1995). Fertilizer Distribution Crises and Police Violence.

Investigation and research on the distribution of fertilizers in rural Bangladesh. Includes interviews with various sources, including rural families, elected officials, and human rights organizations. Illustrates drawbacks of government fertilizeer distribution policy and suggests alternative distribution methods.

6. Hasan, Fatema Rashid (Dhaka, 1995). Children in Conflict With Law: Dhaka City. 62p.

Subject(s): Children--Delinquent Criminal Law

UNICEF sponsored report examines institutional attitudes towards and treatment of children who deviate from social norms. Focuses on the Tongi Correction Center, a juvenile home in Dhaka.

7. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1999). Sexually Exploited and Abused Children: A qualitative assessment to their health needs and services available to them in Bangladesh. (Dhaka, 1999), 87p.

Subject(s): Child- Abouse

This report on the situation of sexually abused and exploited youth in Bangladesh, raises questions of the violations of the rights of the youth and the states obligations to ensure their rights to development, to protection from exploitation and to protection form violence injury and abuse.

8. Khan, Adilur Rahman (Dhaka, 1995). Conflict in Chittagong Hill Tracts--Bangladesh. 31p.

Subject(s):Violence--EthnicMinorities Indigenous Peoples

Explores tthe conflict between minority tribal hill peoples of Chittagong and majority ethnic Bengalis Provides analysis of government land settlement policies and examines human rights abuses in the Hill Tracts, including preventive detention.

9. Khatoon, Khaleda and Mahmood, Zaved Hasan (Dhaka, 1995). Preliminary Investigations Into Impact of Commercial Shrimp Cultivation in the Bay of Bengal Region, Bangladesh.

Subject(s): Shrimp Cultivation Human Rights

Examines the effects of commercial shrimp cultivation in the southern part of Bangladesh in terms of environmental damage and human rights abuses. Part one employs in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys of people in the affected areas. Part two utilizes case studies and newspaper accounts to illustrate how shrimp cultivation practices contravene constitutional guarantees.

10. Rahman, Saira (Dhaka, 1995). Across the Borders of Despair--Trafficking in Women and Children in Bangladesh. 17 p.

Subject(s):Women--Migration Women--Trafficking

Examines incidents of trafficking of women and children from Bangladesh and laws which purport to protect them.

11. Ahmed, Khursheed Erfan (Dhaka, 1993). Child Labour in Bangladesh: Case Studies.13p.

Subject(s): Children--Labor

Follow-up to ASK's narrative case studies on child workers in Bangladesh. Provides background on laws affecting children and gives history of child education. Evaluates ASK's pilot project to set up registration scheme for the protection of working children.
12. Ahmed, Khursheed Erfan (Dhaka, 1993). Legal Literacy and Human Rights Education: An ASK Experience. 10 p.

Subject(s):Children--Education Children--Human Rights

Describes ASK's legal literacy programs for working children and urban poor. Provides information on types of programs offered and their implementation.

13. Ain o Salish Kendra. A Review of the Usual System of Child Arrest with Recommendation for Its Improvement. (Dhaka, 1993) 31 p.

Subject(s): Children--Delinquent Criminal Law

Evaluates both legal and real aspects of child "arrest" procedures. Twenty-two cases involving thirty-two children detained in Dhaka Central Jail, Mirpur Vagrant Center, and Tongi Correction Center form the bulk of report. Concludes with specific recommendations for reform.

14. Hossain, Hameeda. Living in the Shadows: Issues in Illegal Migration of Women. (Dhaka, 1993) 5 p.

Subject(s): Women--Migration Women--Labor

Workshop report examines undocumented migration of South Asian women within and outside region. Briefly discusses reasons women migrate and problems they encounter and formulates reform strategies.

15. Hossain, Hameeda. Negotiating for Rights. (Dhaka, 1993) 82 p.

Subject(s): Squatters' Rights Legal Aid

Investigates application of laws and legal procedure regarding housing and shelter, freedom of occupation and trade, and personal laws as they relate to squatters' and slum dwellers' rights. Divided into four parts: 1) Life in a Slum; 2) Legal Framework; 3) Strategies for Dispute Resolution; and 4) Conclusion and Recommendations.

16. Ahmed, Khursheed Erfan. Discourse on Legal Rights for Women in Urban Slums: Legal Awareness Workshop, A Discourse in Nine Parts. (Dhaka, 1992) 50 p.

Subject(s): Women--Legal Aid Women--Slums

Practical step by step guide teaches lawyers and facilitators how to conduct effective legal awareness workshops for women living in urban slums. Includes nine draft teaching modules on topics such as right to shelter, livelihood, personal rights, and freedom from violence.

17. Sobhan,Salma & Pervin,Roushan Jahan. International Migration and the Domestic Worker: Bangladesh’s Undocumented Migrations. (Dhaka,1992) 54 p.

Subject(s): Women—Migration Women—Labor

Examines labor migration of women from Bangladesh to other parts of Asia. Provides migrant profiles through sociological surveys, in-depth interviews, and case studies as well as presents succinct analysis and policy recommendations. Part of ongoing study being conducted by Women and Development Program of the Asia Development Pacific Centre.

18. Ain o Salish Kendra, (Dhaka, 1997). A Tarnished Golden Deer: The Regime for Bangladesh Migrant Workers. (Dhaka 1999), 44p.

Subject (s): Migrant Workers-Rights

The report examined the process of labour migration from Bangladesh to oversees. It provides on overviews of trends and characteristics of contemporary migration. International standards for the protection of migrant workers are analysed.
19. Sobhan, Salma. Child Employment in Domestic Service in Bangladesh. (Dhaka, 1992) 38p.

Subject(s): Children--Labor

Report on child domestic workers in Bangladesh explores nature of child labor and reviews laws relating to child employment. Discusses various aspects of domestic work such as work conditions, employer/employee relations, wages, and discrimination.

20. Sobhan, Salma and Kamal, Sultana (Dhaka, 1992). The Status of Legal Aid Services to Women in Bangladesh. 50 p.

Subject(s): Women--Legal Aid

Explores magnitude of human rights violations and violence against women in Bangladesh and evaluates the availability and efficacy of legal services to them. Through a territorial sample of legal aid organizations, seven case studies, and interviews with judiciary and members of the Bar, identifies needs of legal aid organizations and provides suggestions for improvement.

21. Investigation Unit ASK (Dhaka, 1994). Fact Finding and Documentation of Human Rights Violations: Report of a National Training Program, Bangladesh, 7-13 January 1994. 28 p.

Subject(s): Human Rights

Practical guide to fact-finding for human rights activists based on national training program in human rights held in January 1994 organized by Ain o Salish Kendra, the Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh, and the Madaripur Legal Aid Association. Discusses effective strategies for information collection, processing, documenting, and dissemination.

22. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka,2000). Violecne against Women and the Legal System: A Bangladesh Study. 65p.

Subject(s): Violence against Women- Bangladesh

Incidents of violence against women are increasing by reported in Bangladesh. The report based in a review of relevant civil and criminal laws and analysis of reported judgements focuses on how social constructions of gender and women’s rights impact up on women’s access to the formal legal system in respect of violence.

23. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1999). Women and Governance: Remaging the state Bangladesh. 63p

Subject(s): Women Rights.

This report raises issues relating to women’s’ participation in governance and their expectations in the light of economic liberation in Bangladesh. Discrimination and obstacle to a meaningful participation in political process and the basic enquires of the study. Identifies the benefits from access to resources and focuses on the ways in which women exercise agency to challenge the existing order to create a new situation.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

1. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1993). Arson and Violence in Haliashar, Chittagong by Naval Personnel. 3 p.

Subject(s): Violence--Military

Documents violence committed by navy personnel against the Bandartilla, Halishar community in Chittagong after navy personnel were accused of sexually harassing a garment factory worker. Includes eyewitness accounts.

2. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1993). Newspaper Clippings to Illustrate the Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh. 50 p.

Subject(s): Human Rights

Compilation of newspaper articles from six Bangladeshi dailies tracking following subjects: flood action program, workers' rights, slum eviction, violence against women, trafficking of women and children, child labor, salish and fatwa, violence by military personnel, and ethnic communities.

3. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1993). A Report on the Incidents of Violence Against the Hindu Community in Bangladesh Following the Demolition of the Babri Masjid in December, 1992. 34 p.

Subject(s): Violence—Religious

Provides chronology of violent events along with eyewitness accounts from six affected areas in Bangladesh, with a focus on Bhola, after Babri Masjid in Ajodhya, India was destroyed, leading to anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh.

4. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 2000). Prison Conditions in Bangladesh. 36p.

Subject(s): Prison – Bangladesh

This investigative report draws attention to the urgent need to reform the system of prison administration, so as to maintain minimum standrad, to deter oppressive practies and to prevent violations of the rights of prisoners.

CASE STUDIES

1. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 1993). In and Out of Factories: Case Studies of Ten Child Workers in Dhaka's Garment Factories. 37 p.

Subject(s): Children--Labor

Portrays lives of ten child garment workers--seven girls and three boys---and their families. Snapshots of children's lives include socio-economic and educational histories, use and abuse of labor, and future goals and ambitions.

2. Ain o Salish Kendra (Dhaka, 2000). Safety and Health Measuere of Garments Factories: Cost Benifit Implication. 58p.

Subject(s): Garments Workers- Safety and Health

This study examines the cost and benefit of providing health and safety measures of ten factories, which are assumed to be the provider of more health and safety measures compared to the average condition prevailed in the garment factories. And also develop economic justification in favour of providing safety and health measures and highlight some polices, which will encourage to provide health and safety measure.

2. Zaman, Fahmida et al. (Dhaka, 1993). Research Report on the Children Working as House Servants. 6 p.

Subject(s): Children--Labor

Presents findings of survey examining homemakers' attitudes toward the education of children working as domestic servants in four residential areas of Dhaka. Investigators distributed surveys and collected responses from set questions.