If Women Stop, The World Stops.
Our Vision
To establish a society based on freedom of expression, in which all people particularly women and girls have full and effective participation in the social and economic development process
Our Mission
The mission of the group is to build up the capacity of the disadvantaged, vulnerable and socially excluded women and girls, towards improving their livelihoods and movement building, in order to challenge the social structural process that deny women’s rights.
Badabon Sangho is a women’s rights and women-led group, working for lower-caste, Dalit, single mothers, separated, widows, divorcees, religious minorities, and girls. It is (a non-profit and non-political organisation) governed by group members and a federation.
History
The group was formed with the passion and experiences we had during our journey of doing something for the women while government started to set up Rampal thermal power plant and other development projects. This women’s rights group, has started its journey in 2016 in the southern region of Bangladesh the Rampal and Mongla, next to the Bay of Bengal and Sundarban (the largest mangrove forest). In details, while they were coming to collect drinking water, these rural women, fisherwomen and Dalit women were gathered and organized in groups in order to mobilize the issue. At that time, they talked about the abusement of women’s land rights induced by the thermal power plant and overall climate changes’ issues i.e., salinity in water and soil, natural disasters and commercial shrimp cultivations are the existing challenges that group members were facing. On top of that, public and private land investment doubled their sufferings.
After a series of gatherings, meetings, and planning this women group evolved and took the formation of an organization naming `Badabon Sangho’. Badabon means the Sundarban (indigenous name of Sundarban). Since the inception, group members organised various actions like rallies, human chains, coaching, consultation and assemblies in responses to rights abuse, racial injustice and violence against women and girls.
Our Distinct Approach
Feminist Development
Land Rights
Climate Justice
Where We Work
Bagerhat
Dhaka
Naogaon
Our Latest Events
Organized Ethics Advisory Committee Meeting on 29 June 2026
An Ethics Advisory Committee Meeting at its office in Lalmatia, Dhaka, with seven committee members. The meeting introduced the research
Conducting a monthly meeting of the girls group on 25 June 2026
Girl’s group organised a monthly meeting with 11 adolescent girls in Patnitala, Naogaon. Discussions focused on the importance of regular
Conducted Public Awareness Meetings on Biodiversity Conservation on 4 and 20 June 2026
Women Fisherfolks’ Groups organized two public awareness meetings in Baidyamari Bazar and Joymani Bazar of Mongla, Bagerhat, to promote habitat
Organized Documentary Screening on Harijan Community Rights and Identity on 18 June 2026
Badabon Sangho organized a screening of its documentary “Beyond Shadows: The Harijan Identity – ‘ছায়ার আড়ালে’” at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro,
Facilitated Meeting Between Women Fisherfolk Leaders and Fisheries Department on 17 June 2026
Badabon Sangho facilitated a coordination meeting between leaders of women fisherfolk cooperatives and officials of the Upazila Fisheries Department in
Conducted Training on Saline-Tolerant Vegetable Cultivation on 15 June 2026
Badabon Sangho organized a one-day training on saline-tolerant vegetable cultivation in Kochua for 21 women farmers to promote climate-resilient agriculture.
