Project Name : Advancing Women's Right of Access to Information

Doner : The Carter Center

Sector : Right to Information

Area : Human Rights

Time Line : 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2028

Brief of activities :

Since 1999, The Carter Center has been actively engaged around the world in advancing the right of access to information — a fundamental human right necessary for the exercise of other essential rights. In 2015, the Center conducted a study that found that women in Bangladesh could not exercise their right to information as easily, frequently, and successfully as their male counterparts. 

In 2016, the Center launched a project called Advancing Women’s Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh. Since then, we’ve worked with national and local government to improve women’s access to information to better address gender-related issues. 

In Satkhira, we work in three Upazilas - Kalaroa, Tala and Assasuni.