INGO Forum Bangladesh

Member Since :

Mar 17, 2025

Contact Us

Email :

aab.mail@actionaid.org

Phone :

(+880-2) 55044851-57

Address :

House SE(C) 5/B (old 8), Road 136, Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212

ActionAid is a global movement of people working together to further human rights for all and defeat poverty.

We believe everyone has the power within them to create change for themselves, their families and communities. ActionAid is a catalyst for that change.

ActionAid works in over 70 countries across the world with more than 15 million people. ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) is a subsidiary of ActionAid International that tries to tackle local problems with country-specific values and strives to improve the overall lives of excluded people in Bangladeshi society. We believe that we can only achieve our goals by working collaboratively – locally, nationally, and globally. ActionAid Bangladesh, an associate member of the ActionAid Federation, has been working in Bangladesh since 1983 to eradicate poverty and establish social justice. For nearly four decades, the organization has focused on climate justice, gender equality, ensuring the safety of women and children, and establishing an equal rights-based society, particularly with marginalized communities.

Mission

To achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication by working with people living in poverty and exclusion, their communities, people’s organisations, activities, social movements and supporters

Vision

A just, equitable and sustainable world in which every person enjoys the right to a life of dignity, freedom from poverty and all forms of oppression.

Values

Mutual respect to recognise the innate worth of all people and the value of diversity.
Equity and justice to work to ensure equal opportunity for everyone.
Integrity to be honest, transparent and accountable at all levels for effectiveness.
Solidarity with the poor, powerless and excluded, to be committed to fighting poverty, injustice and gender inequality.
Courage of conviction to be creative, bold and innovative – without fear of failure.
Independence to be free from any religious or partypolitical affiliation.
Humility to recognise that we are part of a wider alliance against poverty and injustice

Other Description

Our primary goal is to strive for social justice whereby inequality is eradicated. Patriarchy is deeply entrenched in society and marginalises women across social spheres, depriving them of their rights and excluding them from services and governance processes. The widening economic inequality within the country, which further compounded by populist global trends makes the poorest of the poor even poorer. Furthermore, the vulnerability of communities living in poverty and exclusion are further intensified due to natural disasters and structural causes of violence Due to climate induced vulnerabilities, the poor and excluded.

We are committed to apply a feminist lens and values in our work, which will guide our approach, interpreting and advancing intersecting inequalities. AAB addresses injustice and inequality caused by the power structures, both visible and invisible, in communities. To generate a broad community-wide understanding of the issue, AAB will address the structural causes of injustice in terms of distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges. Affirmative approaches are required at all levels to reconcile inequalities and address the structural causes of inequality arising from unequal power relations.