Friendship receives support from the International Bar Association (IBA) in the context of a program helping frontline legal aid workers who face additional challenges arising from the Covid-19 crisis. Nominated by IBA’s member firm, Elvinger Hoss Prussen, the support...
Inclusive Citizenship
Les Friendship Community Paralegals reçoivent le soutien de la Ville de Luxembourg en leur qualité de « défenseurs des droits humains »
(English version below) November 16, 2020 En réponse à l’appel à projets lancé en mai 2020 par la Ville de Luxembourg sur le thème : « Les défenseurs des droits humains », Friendship Luxembourg a présenté le programme de Citoyenneté Inclusive et plus particulièrement,...
Listen to the women
A prescription for pragmatic disaster risk reduction solutions On October 10, ahead of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Friendship brought together grassroots actors in disaster management together with the Honourable Minister for Disaster Management...
Friendship’s “Covid Warriors” Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic
by Raeed Abd-Allah Chowdhury The Coronavirus has ground economies to a halt and has put immense strain healthcare systems, especially in underdeveloped countries. A shortage in staff, supplies and berths for patients is a factor even in the most developed of...
Empowered by Law
Being unaware of your rights is as good as not having any by Raeed Abd-Allah Chowdhury After getting married, Bilkis was emotionally and physically abused by her in-laws for not bringing in enough dowry. The law in Bangladesh criminalizes the extraction of dowry from...
Momota: Matriarch
Momota has been married for over 10 years, and lives with her husband and two sons on a riverine island (char) called Khockhali in Gaibandha district. Even though it has been quite some time, Momota has yet to receive her mehr (dower), a mandatory payment from the...
Fighting for a Fair Chance
Friendship paralegal in Gaibandha fights for a 12-year-old girl to give her exam and stay in school by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINJanuary 28, 2020 It’s exam day for the grade fivers. The exam centre buzzes with activity as students arrive and prepare to take the test. As exam...
Hopelessness the Root of Moral Degradation
Dark clouds hang over the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar. ©SYED WASAMA DOJA/FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKJuly 2, 2019 In August 2017, when thousands of Rohingya families arrived each day, fleeing from genocide across the border, before the government and humanitarian...