News Category: Human Rights
Public Consultation Meeting Held at Rangunia
YPSA has been working for improving the transparency and accountability of the migration process. As well as informing the community on safe migration and facilitating on building the capacity of…
YPSA observes World Day against Human Trafficking
Like elsewhere in the world, the Office of District Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar in assistance with YPSA & PHALS – two NGOs working on human trafficking issues organized the World…
Zero Conference 2017 awardee – Bangladesh – Initiating microfinancing and micro enterprises
On behalf of Bangladesh, YPSA has been awarded for Innovative practice on inclusive finance at the Zero Project Conference 2017 in Austria. The Zero Project focuses on the rights of…
YPSA is the first IBP partner who firstly formed the Grievance Management Committee on 2nd Quarterly Reflection Workshop – PROKAS Team Leader
YPSA-Fairer Labor Migration in Bangladesh Project has attended the 2nd Quarterly Reflection Workshop on 16th July 2017 at Spectra Convention Centre, Dhaka. This Quarterly Reflection Workshop was jointly organized by Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) and Welfare Association for the Rights of Bangladeshi Emigrants (WARBE)…
Poster, Leaflet and Flipchart of YPSA CEVEC Consortium launched by Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar
YPSA Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Cox’s Bazar (CEVEC) Consortium organized a launching program of BCC Materials (Materials used for Behavior Change Communication) which was held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Cox’s Bazar on 17th July 2017. Md. Ali Hossain, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Cox’s Bazar as presided over while Additional…
Bangladesh wins international accolades for DAISY Standard Accessible Reading Materials
Bangladesh has won the world’s most prestigious IT award called the “World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize-2017”. On 13 June 2017, in a grand ceremony at the headquarters of…
Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving violent extremism” held at Chakaria
YPSA-Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Cox’s Bazar (CEVEC) Consortium organized a Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving Violent and Extremism” on 8th June, 2017…
Budget allocation for the people with disabilities treated as conventional kindness
YPSA, Sitakund Federation of DPOs, Access Bangladesh and Bangladesh DRF Grantee Coordination Committee jointly organized a sharing meeting on “Post-budget reactions: National budget 2017-2018 and status of people with disability”….
Shearing meeting on disabled-friendly budget for Sitakund Municipality
YPSA and Federation of DPOs Sitakund organised a shearing meeting with the Sitakund Municipality on Disabled-friendly budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year of Sitakund Municipality. The meeting was held at…
YPSA honored with International Excellence Award at The London Book Fair
On behalf of Bangladesh, YPSA earns International Excellence Award for the first time at the world largest book fair in London “The London Book Fair”. Watch this feature report…
Disabled-friendly city corporation budget demanded
YPSA arranged a workshop on “Disabled-friendly budget allocation for the City Corporation” on 20 May at the conference room of YPSA-HRDC Chittagong with the support of Access Bangladesh Foundation and…
YPSA’s innovative project rewarded as 2017 UN WSIS prizes champion
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced 90 Champions around the world for the prestigious WSIS Prizes 2017 contest. DAISY-standard Accessible Reading Materials for Students with Visual and Print Disabilities project by…
ToT on Leadership Development organized by YPSA CEVEC Consortium
A 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Leadership Development held on 28 March-30 March, 2017 at YPSA HRDC Training Centre, Chittagong which was organized by YPSA CEVEC Consortium under the…
Ensure maternal and child health care access in hard-to-rich areas – Chairman of Khagrachari District Council
Raising more awareness on maternal and child health care access among the people in hard-to-rich areas, maternal and infant mortality can be reduced significantly. Beside this health care service, education…
YPSA received BEACON award on Innovating Service Delivery
On 21 March 2017, Community Legal Services organized a colorful event on Celebrating Challenge and Change: Community Legal Services in Bangladesh. This event was chaired by Mr. Jerome Sayre, Team…
Inception Meeting of SHOW project held in Panchari upazila
YPSA organized Inception meeting of ‘Strengthening Health Outcomes for Women and Children (SHOW) Project’ in Panchari Upazila of Khagrachari district on March 22, 2017 at upazila parishad conference hall. This…
8th annual convention of disable people’s organizations held at Sitakund
8th annual convention of disable people’s organizations was held at the YPSA HRDC Sitakund Campus with the support of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) on 20 march 2017. About 700 representatives…
YPSA launches book on community legal support at regional learning sharing meeting of YPSA-Community Legal Services for Access to Justice
On March 16 2017, YPSA has organized a Regional Learning Sharing Meeting of YPSA-Community Legal Services for Access to Justice Project at PITSTOP, Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong. The purpose of this…
YPSA observes International Women’s Day 17
YPSA observed the International Women’s Day and committed to support women and girls from grassroots level to achieve their ambitions, facilitate them to cope with challenges, conscious and unconscious bias….
Orientation on role and responsibilities for the Upazila Counter Trafficking Committee members
Under the Bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons (BCTIP) Program, there held an interactive event titled ‘Orientation on Role and Responsibilities for the Upazila CTC (Counter Trafficking Committee) Members’ at Banskhali…