Quazi Baby, Bangladesh
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Channel: United Nations · 2012 · News & Politics
Quazi Baby is the Executive Director of the Participatory Development Action Program, promoting women's land rights. "Through workshops, seminars, training and local dialogue and awareness-raising, the organization is working for gender equality and women's rights in both Dhaka and rural areas," she says. The organization works on disaster preparedness and response, housing and infrastructure. Their projects focus on working with local women who are given livelihood training and loans for income-generating activities and regular group meetings highlighting women's rights. By attending the CSW, Baby would like to share experiences on climate change and disaster preparedness issues. She is attending the Commission as an Yvonne Hebert scholar, a scholarship programme administered by UN Women.
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