This paper is intended to shed some light on the development of urban governance in Bangladesh by highlighting the issue of coordination. It addresses the question of whether there is any mechanism through which urban government bodies can ensure coordination on matters of dispute between different government organisations. The paper is based on a review of secondary literature as well as on primary data drawn from a case study on a city corporation. The available data substantiates the view that the process of urban service delivery in Bangladesh has lacked proper coordination mechanisms from its very inception. Successive governments since the independence of Bangladesh have experimented with the structural design of urban government bodies without considering the need for a proper mechanism to ensure sound coordination among actors involved in implementing the various policies of these bodies. Although an attempt was made by the then Awami League 1 (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001) government to establish a highpowered coordination committee under the chairmanship of the minister in charge of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD&C) Ministry for each city corporation, in order to ensure better management of services and to settle disputes between various government agencies, the initiative was perverted upon the change of state power in 2001. As a result, these bodies continue to suffer from problems of coordination.
This article explores the role of NGOs' legal aid activities in empowering women and reducing gender-based violence in Bangladesh. For collecting primary data, a field survey was conducted in Bangladesh, where come to work (CTW) provides legal aid services. It implements a number of activities. The list of its activities include conducting human right education sessions, supporting community people to establish a people's organisation, sensitisation of the elite people and establishing a network with national level organisations to deal with the gender 'cases' at courts. As an outcome of these activities, women have become more knowledgeable about their legal rights. Moreover, people's organisations have been founded overseeing informal justice, for making sure that women are receiving proper justice. This paper reveals that a comprehensive approach developed by the NGOs for empowering women legally has been successful in reducing gender-based violence in a patriarchal society of Bangladesh.
This article explores the role of NGOs' legal aid activities in empowering women and reducing gender-based violence in Bangladesh. For collecting primary data, a field survey was conducted in Bangladesh, where come to work (CTW) provides legal aid services. It implements a number of activities. The list of its activities include conducting human right education sessions, supporting community people to establish a people's organisation, sensitisation of the elite people and establishing a network with national level organisations to deal with the gender 'cases' at courts. As an outcome of these activities, women have become more knowledgeable about their legal rights. Moreover, people's organisations have been founded overseeing informal justice, for making sure that women are receiving proper justice. This paper reveals that a comprehensive approach developed by the NGOs for empowering women legally has been successful in reducing gender-based violence in a patriarchal society of Bangladesh.
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