Pluralism

Inclusive society through pluralism is part of IID’s core vision and values. IID approaches pluralism both as mainstreamed and standalone initiatives.

Works on Pluralism

I never thought I will bring positive change in advocacy at such a young age

March 30, 2020

I began my journey with IID’s Youth for Policy initiative through Policy Camp 2018. The workshop was a stepping-stone for me to get involved in policy advocacy work as a…

The Gender and Social Inclusion training made me gender sensitive

March 30, 2020

My journey with Youth for Policy and IID started by taking part in the Policy Camp 2018 in Jashore. Before that I was not aware of how policies and laws…

IID pledges for equality through ‘Each for Equal’ campaign

March 9, 2020

An equal world is a better world!

IID celebrates International Woman’s Day by introducing menstruation leave

March 8, 2020

IID celebrates International Woman’s Day 2020 by introducing menstruation leave for female colleagues. It is essential to address women’s most common reproductive health issue, particular since it’s a taboo to…

Should Disability Art be considered just art?

December 12, 2019

How should we define disability and its relation to art? How can we include more artists with disabilities in mainstream art? These were the issues explored and critically discussed by…

Disability art dare to make a difference in the mainstream

December 11, 2019

Disability art is art. Whether it is poems or painting or music or comedy or theatre, it is seriously intentioned creative work and made with some sort of aesthetic purpose.…

Making GFMD contextualized and gender-responsive

October 22, 2019

The global commitments on migration needs to be locally contextualized and gender-responsive— argued the experts at the national tripartite consultation that have set an example of partnership and collective action…

Gender-responsive budget to empower women migrants

June 30, 2019

The government is keen to listen to the voice of the CSOs to strengthen the gender responsiveness of the budget, said Rownaq Jahan, Secretary of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment…

Proposition to form Parliamentary Caucus on women rights

May 5, 2019

According to a study by IID on ‘Gender based violence and challenges in political participation’, among the 71% of the women who reported violence during election mentioned that they were…

IID decides having zero tolerance policy on gender based violence

March 23, 2019

IID arranged a workshop for all its employees on “Mainstreaming Gender & Social Inclusion” from 22th to 23rd March 2019. Through the workshop, IID came up with an action plan…

IID provides Gender and Social Inclusion training to Youth for Policy Fellows

January 28, 2019

To promote gender and social inclusiveness throughout the policy cycle, the first and foremost step should be building capacity of the people to act in a more sensitive manner, while they act…

Internalizing gender and social inclusion requires mainstreaming

January 25, 2019

With an effort to achieve the vision of influencing the issue-based partners (IBP) towards inclusive outcomes and to support transformational change, IID, in cooperation with PROKAS, organized a three-day long…

IID celebrates 5th anniversary promoting pluralism in public policy

April 4, 2018

More than five years ago, IID began its journey to promote evidence-informed public policy for inclusive and informed development. On 31st March 2018 IID celebrated its 5th anniversary doing exactly…

Strategic and effective policy implementation to promote gender parity

March 31, 2018

Ever increasing gender based violence impedes practice of pluralism in the society and consequently hinders sustainable development. Hence it is high time to promote gender parity through strategic and effective…

Achieving SDGs requires disability-inclusive budgeting

March 31, 2018

Disability, in recent times has been increasingly addressed as a mainstream rather than standalone focus of development initiatives. Thus to realize the motto of “leave no one behind” of SGD,…

Review Migration Policies and Process Through Gender Lens

February 15, 2018

All development work and government policies should be audited through the gender lens, since female migrants face different challenges and problems than male migrants throughout the whole process. Whenever any…