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Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Joined June 2016
Presence in: Bangladesh
Focus: Citizenship & Identification, Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Gender-based violence, Generalist Legal Services, Governance, Accountability & Transparency, Health, Housing Rights & Informal Settlements, Labor & Employment

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organisation of Bangladesh, provides legal and social support to the disempowered, particularly women, working children and workers. Its goal is to create a society based on equality, social and gender justice and rule of law. It seeks to create an environment for accountability and transparency of governance institutions. It was accorded special consultative status with UNECOSOC in 1998. ASK’s strategies for promotion and protection of human rights are carried out by 17 units and one component to create awareness, provide legal and social support, monitor institutional transparency, campaign and advocacy for law and policy reform.