Khushi Kabir

Khushi Kabir is a Bangladeshi social activist, feminist, and environmentalist.[1]

Early life

Khushi Kabir graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka in Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing).[2][3]

Career

In 1972, after the Bangladesh Liberation war, Khushi Kabir joined a Bangladeshi Non-governmental organization. She worked in rural areas of Bangladesh with marginalized communities. She joined the Non-governmental rights organisation Nijera Kori as a coordinator. Nijera Kori is one of the largest Non-governmental organizations in Bangladesh has 237787 members in the country.[2] She is a member of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.[4] She is director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.[5] She coordinated the One Billion Rising in 2013 in Bangladesh.[2]

Khushi Kabir had spoken against the acquisition of land for Bangladesh Army camps and installations.[6] She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 14th biennial the regional conference of the Zonta District-25 in 2015.[7] A defamation case was filed against her for harming the image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the case was dismissed by Bangladesh High Court due to lack of specification in the complaint on 4 June 2016.[8] On 27 November 2017 she spoke against the religion based violence against minorities in Bangladesh and called for the government to do more to protect minorities.[9] She has called for the implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord signed in 1997.[10]

References
  1. Lee, Matilda. "Campaign Hero: Khushi Kabir, empowering Bangladesh's most vulnerable". The Ecologist. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. "Khushi Kabir". One Billion Rising Revolution. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "What do you do with rape victims? You send them away". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "Chittagong Hill Tracts: Indigenous Women Disproportionately Affected By Violence and Discrimination in Bangladesh". UNPO. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "'Health, global trade regime affecting equal access to medicine'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. "Call against land acquisition for army installations". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. "Empower women for a better world". The Daily Star. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. "Court dismisses case against Khushi Kabir for allegedly 'slandering' PM". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "Rights activists: Communal attacks increasing because of culture of impunity". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. "Govts cool on its full execution". The Daily Star. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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