Visit Bangladesh With More Women More Power

By: Sarah Barnes, 05.09.2010 | Comments (0)

Here is a unique and incredibly exciting opportunity from the More Women More Power team at One World Action! MWMP are offering one of their supporters the opportunity to join them on their trip to Bangladesh this December, as they visit one of their partners to see the work being done there.

The organisations that MWMP support in the city of Dhaka, where the chosen supporter will be visiting, work to strengthen women’s rights and stand up against caste discrimination. You can learn more about the Dalits (formerly ‘outcastes’ or ‘untouchables’) of Dhaka here, and by watching this video from One World Action;

For anyone interested in (or already!) working in global human rights and development, this would be a great opportunity to see first hand the work that a charity organisation of this scale is involved in. On a deeper level, you would also be meeting with some incredibly inspirational people – the women of Dhaka and the MWMP workers – and that’s a priceless experience! All you will need to do in return is share your experiences with fellow campaigners back in the UK.

The trip is fully funded so, if you are passionate advocate for women’s rights, an effective communicator AND free in the first week of December, then why not nominate yourself? First, you will need to make sure you’ve signed the pledge to become a One World Action Women’s Rights Champion, and then you can go ahead and download the information sheet and nomination form. Just make sure you get it back to mwmp@oneworldaction.org by September 29th… and good luck!

(Image taken from Defiant Voices video – photography by Abir Abdullah/EPA)