The Strengthening Intergenerational and Inclusive Women’s Movement in Bangladesh project, implemented by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Bonhishikha with support from UN Women Bangladesh since August 2023, has brought together women and structurally excluded communities to amplify their voices and demands. Through divisional dialogues and validation workshops, the project developed a Charter of Demands and a position paper that reflect the collective aspirations of diverse groups, reinforcing advocacy with state and non-state duty bearer.
From 2025, the project has entered a new phase, focusing on building collective resilience and solidarity at the grassroots level, enhancing the movement’s capacity for security and risk assessment, and strengthening advocacy initiatives. By conducting capacity building workshops across eight divisions of Bangladesh with women’s rights activists, human rights workers, young leaders, and marginalised communities, the project is equipping movement actors with the tools and strategies they need to respond to emerging challenges. This phase also strengthens community-led mechanisms by forming a local coalition for crisis management, creating an incident registry to track issue-specific cases, and deepening advocacy to hold duty bearers accountable for women’s representation and justice for the marginalised communities.The project support to ensure that women and excluded communities can bring their voices, experiences, and leadership to the forefront, shaping a more inclusive and resilient women’s movement from regional spaces to the national level.