- Basic Info
- Contact
- Work & Expertise
- Current Commitment
- Past Commitment
- Resource
Basic Information
Organization Name:
Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE)Organization Regions:
- Asia/Pacific
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Organization Country Location:
Bangladesh -
Organization City/Locality:
Dhaka
Organization mission and work description:
VOICE’s mission is to build an equitable and just society drawing on the interactions, choices and power of indigenous cultures and resources.
Organization's Contacts
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Primary Contact Name:
Ahmed Swapan Mahmud -
Primary Contact Title:
Executive Director
Additional Contacts Names:
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Additional representative #1:
Abtab Khan Shawon -
Additional representative #2:
Gulshan Jhumur -
Additional representative #3:
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Additional representative #4:
OUR INTERNATIONAL COALITION IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 400 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
Learn about TAP Members & Partners
WHO ARE TAP'S MEMBERS?Organization's Work & Expertise
Organization's SGD16 Expertise:
- 16.1 - Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
- 16.3 - Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
- 16.6 - Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels
- 16.7 - Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
- 16.a - Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
Organization's Areas of Expertise:
- Global/UN Engagement & Advocacy
- Policy Analysis & Advocacy
- Public mobilization & Campaigns
- Gender Equality
- Capacity building/CSO training & education
Current Commitment to SDG16+
Summary of commitment:
We are committed to engage TAP activities, engage thematic groups, attend webinar, showcase stories and reports
Organization's priorities and work in relation to commitment:
VOICE is a right based research and advocacy organization working mainly on the issues of human rights-- right to information and communication justice, privacy rights and data protection, freedom of expression, countering hate speech & misinformation, as well as around the issues of aid and development effectiveness, economic justice, food sovereignty, climate change, public health programme etc, both in Bangladesh and on a global scale. By building a broader constituency of alternative voices to the mainstream development discourse through research and public education, VOICE takes a stand against unjust and undemocratic practices. VOICE’s mission is to build a pluralist society drawing on the interactions, choices and power of indigenous cultures and resources. It strategically works through networking and partnership for a new development paradigm establishing a micro-macro linkage in order to generate increased support for policy influencing. It works with a team of activists on research and action and believes in promoting the capacity, knowledge and empowerment of people.
Organization's work related to TAP network's SGD16+ work & accountability for 2030 Agenda:
We work on freedom of expression, access to information, the right to data privacy, violence against women, countering hate speech and misinformation, protection of civic space, access to justice and governance issues, etc which are related to SDGs1+
Plan on engaging in TAP's work as a Partner:
- Thematic Working Groups
- Exploring partnerships with like-minded organizations
- Exploring opportunities for hosting TAP Network national or regional-level capacity building activities
Reports on Organization's Past Commitments
VOICE has been working on human rights issues focusing on SDGs 16+. We have conducted research on monitoring and review of SDG 16+ in Bangladesh comparing 5 years of data from 2015 to 2020. Report attached.
