Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS)

3 Days Long Training on Identifying and Assessment of Employment Opportunities Concludes on 12th February 2009. The training was conducted by Mr Khairul Islam and Atahar Hossain for a total of 24 participants of NDBUS. The participants represented various income generation activities and learned various aspects of wage based and self-employment opportunities.

URBIS team has organized ‘Gender and Women Empowerment’ training for NDBUS to empower women through awareness on rights issues, to motivate women who are not engaged in any economic activities to join in the workforce, to motivate women to contribute to their family and nation in socio-economic development. Total of 5 days training will be conducted in February ’09. The first training was held on 09.02.09 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and four more trainings will be held on 3rd and 4th week of February. 75 central, ward and primary committee members will be trained in 5 groups. Each group consists of 15 members and also includes male participants. The training session was facilitated by URBIS project adviser Salma A. Shafi and training adviser Dr. Farzana Islam (Prof. Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar). The day long training included- concept, definition, and importance of women empowerment, personal experience sharing on domestic and other types of violence. Participants took p...