Background

Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS) is a non-profit and non-political organization for encouraging, sponsoring and promoting multi-disciplinary basic and action research. This research aims to increase the socio-economic development of women, men and children. CWCS was established in April 1994 to develop pro-women policy planning in Bangladesh and ensure it is implemented in a more meaningful way. It primarily acts as a pressure group to lobby with the policy planners and decision-makers. The vision of CWCS is the inclusion of women in the policy agenda to ensure equality in socio-economic, legal and political spheres leading to distributive justice.

Objectives

• Organize workshops and dialogues among researchers, academics, policy makers and development practitioners to evolve policies and strategies for the betterment of women's status.

• Undertake research on women and children issues and disseminate information, to help bridge the gap between researchers and development partners.

• Organize action-oriented programmes based on the needs of women and children at the grassroots level.

• Undertake training programs in relevant areas of concern for social justice and development of women and children.

Areas of Expertise

The Centre is mainly a research organization and its members have expertise on the following women and children issues:

• Feminization of Poverty

• Education

• Health and Reproductive Rights

• Empowerment of Women

• Women and Child Rights as Human Rights

• Gender and Law

• Violence Against Women

• Trafficking in Women and Children

• Women's Political Empowerment

• Women and Environment

• Gender Issues in Disaster Management.

Activities of the Centre

• Research Studies

• Consultancy

• Advocacy campaigns and awareness raising programs on trafficking in women and children

• Police Training and Community Sensitisation

Newsletter

The Centre publishes a newsletter, COMBAT, exclusively on trafficking in women and children. This is published with a view to sensitise  members of the community and the law enforcing agencies; particularly the police and BD, so that they can realize the gravity of the incidents and contribute effectively to curb the inhuman slave trade against women and children. The Centre also sends newsletters to the network members at grassroots, national, regional and international levels; and to other relevant ministries, national and international organizations working on women and children.

Resource Centre

CWCS's Resource Centre has a collection of publications and reports related to various women and children issues. There are also compilations of paper clippings on various women and children issues, with special emphasis on violence against women, trafficking in women and children from 1997 to date.

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Three Stakeholder Meetings

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CAT (Committee Against Trafficking) Members