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Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK)
Established in 1991,NUK is a non-government national women's development support organisation, mandated to promote gender equality, human rights and personal empowerment of women and girls in Bangladesh . It works both directly and in partnership with local women's organizations, Garment factories and Trade Unions, political parties, and local government bodies. It is primarily contributing to building human and social capital through skills and capacity building, towards promotion and protection of human rights and gender equality.
NUK was a pioneer in working with garment workers, and significant player in local government capacity building and has accumulated more than 16 years of experience.
Vision
NUK's long-term vision is empowerment of women and girls to achieve their rights and equality individually and collectively through education, networking and civic engagement with the state and the market.
This vision is aligned with national development efforts contained in the Government of Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy (2005-7) and Millennium Goals, which emphasises participatory governance and the advancement of women.
Development Goal
NUK's immediate development goal is to support women's leadership and representation in local government bodies, education institues, workplace and national level with sufficient critical mass to affect social norms, development policy and programmes in favour of women.
Principles
NUK will adopt the following principles in its work and use these to make strategic choices about the kind of activities it will engage in. These principles are independence, inclusion, innovation, non-confrontation, adding value, empowerment and value for money . |
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LankaBangla Foundation with the spirit to create an enabling environment to perform sight restoring cataract surgeries at grass root level, at the lowest and compensated rate for the poorest community in Kishoreganj district presented their initial donation to Kishoreganj Eye Hospital. Under this scenario, KEH received the cataract operating cost for 100 patients. [read more]
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