indigenous communities

16 Days of Activism / Piercing the invisibility of violence against Adibashi women

Recent violence in Bangladesh highlights systemic oppression against Indigenous women.

Peace remains elusive to CHT’s Indigenous Peoples

Will this culture of impunity be continued forever in the CHT?

Where are indigenous women’s stories?

Indigenous women are read even less. There are multiple root causes–lack of editorial support for indigenous authors writing in their mother tongues, the predominance of oral traditions, gender inequality and bias.

Revisiting indigenous folktales at Dhaka Art Summit

“We wanted to share the story in our native language, just the way we heard it from our elders", said Kanak Chanpa Chakma.

2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

CHT Accord implementation still incomplete

How much longer must the people of CHT wait?

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2022 / Navigating a world without Indigenous representation

When a child is disrespected for who she is, she will reject her home and culture.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples / Indigenous women know how to nurture nature. We need to listen to them.

Indigenous women's traditional knowledge and practices can help us to survive with nature instead of abusing it. In Bangladesh, their inherent value are yet to be fully understood and duly recognised by the scientific community, development practitioners and policymakers alike.

Support heritage, protect culture and feed authenticity

Some have taken a similar stance when it comes to fashion. The Chakma, Marma, Garo, Santal and others have their own traditional, heritage wear; many of the new generation may not feel comfortable wearing their heritage outfits and that’s where fashion designer Tenzing Chakma begs to differ.

December 2, 2024
December 2, 2024

Piercing the invisibility of violence against Adibashi women

Recent violence in Bangladesh highlights systemic oppression against Indigenous women.

October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024

Peace remains elusive to CHT’s Indigenous Peoples

Will this culture of impunity be continued forever in the CHT?

March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023

Where are indigenous women’s stories?

Indigenous women are read even less. There are multiple root causes–lack of editorial support for indigenous authors writing in their mother tongues, the predominance of oral traditions, gender inequality and bias.

February 8, 2023
February 8, 2023

Revisiting indigenous folktales at Dhaka Art Summit

“We wanted to share the story in our native language, just the way we heard it from our elders", said Kanak Chanpa Chakma.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

CHT Accord implementation still incomplete

How much longer must the people of CHT wait?

August 9, 2022
August 9, 2022

Navigating a world without Indigenous representation

When a child is disrespected for who she is, she will reject her home and culture.

August 8, 2022
August 8, 2022

Indigenous women know how to nurture nature. We need to listen to them.

Indigenous women's traditional knowledge and practices can help us to survive with nature instead of abusing it. In Bangladesh, their inherent value are yet to be fully understood and duly recognised by the scientific community, development practitioners and policymakers alike.

August 7, 2022
August 7, 2022

Support heritage, protect culture and feed authenticity

Some have taken a similar stance when it comes to fashion. The Chakma, Marma, Garo, Santal and others have their own traditional, heritage wear; many of the new generation may not feel comfortable wearing their heritage outfits and that’s where fashion designer Tenzing Chakma begs to differ.

June 15, 2022
June 15, 2022

The indigenous experience is similar, be it in Bangladesh or Canada

Researching the plight of Indigenous people is a passion of mine because I am Indigenous.