Please direct inquiries about the conference to Ms. Marie-Pierre Arseneault: migrationconference@auw.edu.bd
Sara Amin has been teaching at the Asian University for Women since July 2009. She received her PhD in Sociology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). Her dissertation research examined comparatively the ways Muslim political and religious leaders in Canada and the United States were facing, constructing and reshaping discourses and structures of citizenship, national and religious identities in the wake of 9/11. She is currently working on how South Asian migrant workers are negotiating the religious identities of their host and destination societies. Her research interests are in the areas of migration, citizenship, collective identity, social movements, political violence and transnationalism. Dr. Amin’s has also been working with other faculty at AUW to advise student research projects on conflict resolution in Sri Lanka and education in Cambodia. Her previous research projects include researching how women’s autonomy can be measured, examining terrorist networks, organizational durability, and analyzing online social networks. She was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar in 2007-2008 and received the CGS Social Science and Humanities Research Council Grant for 2004-2007.
Marie-Pierre Arseneault is a Masters student in Geography at the Université de Québec à Montréal (Montreal, Canada). She has spent the last year working at the Asian University for Women. She shared her time between the organization of the conference and her own research on forced migration. She has travelled extensively in various regions of Bangladesh to understand better the different drivers of internal migration. Her field trips led her in remote areas such as the Bihari camps, the coastal villages affected by climate change and more importantly, the chars-islands where she is investigating environmental displacements. Before her work in Bangladesh, Marie-Pierre Arseneault has worked for different NGOs in South America, and different parts of Central and Southeast Asia.
Venue: Asian University for Women
Dates: 22, 23,24 September 2011
NOTE: Conference papers and presentations are available online.
The nature of forced migration has been changing as a result of protracted conflicts, unequal burden sharing, climate change and natural disasters, along with shifting policies regarding immigration, asylum, work, development, and globalization. Moreover, these processes are also blurring the line between forced migration and economic migration. The processes that produce refugees, internally displaced peoples (IDPs), trafficked peoples and migrant workers tend to be linked and interconnected. Although they fall under different jurisdictions under domestic and international laws, their vulnerabilities overlap as a result of being “temporary”, “illegal”, or “illegitimate”. Moreover, these kinds of movements tend to challenge the legal and normative notions about state responsibility, international relations, citizenship and identity.
The objective of this conference is to examine the following:
This conference brings together the insights of researchers, professionals, policy-makers and activists working on these questions in relation to South and Southeast Asia. The papers that are presented in the panels and roundtables reflect the importance of these questions, as well as the work being done to both increase our understanding of these issues as well as change the conditions on the ground. To facilitate discussion across disciplines and expertise, the papers are grouped into five sub-themes: Climate Change, Development and Security; Legal and Policy Frameworks; Coping Mechanisms, Gendered Dimensions of Forced Migration and Migrant Work; Politics of Belonging, Incorporation, Settlement and Identity.
To complement the research presented by our speakers, AUW students have produced country profiles on the various “vulnerable peoples” of forced migration and migrant work in their own countries. Moreover, several of our AUW faculty have taken on research projects with their students to examine some of the themes of this conference. Both these country profiles and research projects are on display during the conference. I hope that this conference will lead to ongoing discussions in the coming years so that research and action agendas can be produced to facilitate discussion and innovation in both analysis and practice.
Online registration for all participants is now available:
Please click here to register if you are in Bangladesh.
Please click here to register if you are outside Bangladesh.
Changing Nature of Forced Migration: Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities in South and South-East Asia
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Registration (Venue: TBA) |
3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Opening Remarks and Plenary Session (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) Welcome Address Introduction of the conference themes and goals Policy Responses to Climate-Induced Migration in Asia and the Pacific—An Initiative by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Reflections on Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities in Forced Migration by Professor Varuni Ganepola (AUW) |
4:30 - 6:30 PM |
Photo Gallery Exhibition (Venue: Shilpikala Academy) TRAFFICKED – a photo exhibition to raise awareness about child trafficking in Bangladesh, done by Terre des Hommes Italy in Bangladesh 3 Addresses and Migrant Faces—two photo exhibitions about migrants from Bangladesh, by Photographer Syeda Farhana Hyancinth Life—a photo exhibition by Photographer Sayed Badrul Karim Visages of the ship breaking workers-an insight in the reality of the migrant workers coming from all over Bangladesh to work in the ship breaking yards of Chittagong, by Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) |
6:30 - 8:30 PM |
Dinner (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) |
8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast (Venue: TBA) |
8:30 - 10:30 AM |
Legal and Policy Framework
Uttam Kumar Das, PhD, Director of South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) (Bangladesh)
Melissa Jean-Brousseau, Université de Montreal (Canada)
N Ajith Kumar, PhD, Director of Centre for Socio-economic & Environmental Studies (India) |
10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Tea break |
11:00 - 1:00 PM |
Climate Change, Development and Security
Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Dr. François Gemenne, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI, France)
Meng Xiangjing, PhD, Renmin University of China (China) |
1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Lunch (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) |
2:30 - 4:00 PM |
Gender Dimensions of Forced Migration and Migrant Work
AKM Ahsan Ullah, PhD, American University of Cairo (Egypt)
Muhammad Rafique Wassan, University of Sindh (Pakistan)
Vandana Asthana, PhD, Eastern Washington University (USA) |
4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Tea break |
4:30 - 6:30 PM |
Roundtables in: Safe Migration Process and Social Participation: A Successful Model for Sustainable Social Communication Safe Migration Facilitation Center, BRAC Advocacy for Social Change, Sheepa Hafiz and Md. Aminul Islam (Venue: H402) Location Based Analysis of Temporary External Migration Trends in Sri Lanka Ranjith Premalal De Silva and D.W. Galewela (Venue: G403) Aspirations among refugees post repatriatation: a study among the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India Forced Migration, Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in India: an Insight into Gender and Caste Differentials Climate Displacement Solutions in Bangladesh Workshop for AUW Students: "Planète Enfants and Combatting Trafficking in Persons (Nepal)" "Forced Migration in South Asian Context: Perspectives and Challenges" "Visualizing Borders--Phoro Projects on Migration in South Asia" |
7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Dinner (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) |
8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
8:30 - 10:30 AM |
Coping Mechanisms (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW)
Shodashi R Rayamajhi; Laxmi Joshi Gyawali; and Hari Prasad Joshi, Planete Enfants and Combating Trafficking in Persons (USAID Project) (Nepal)
Meherun Ahmed, PhD, Asian University for Women (Bangladesh)
Pralip Kumar Narzary, Fakir Mohan University (India)
Rathan Peou van den Heuvel, PhD, Insitute for Sustainable Development (ISD-ULAB) (Bangladesh) |
10: 30 - 11:00 AM |
Tea break |
11:00 - 1:00 PM |
Politics of Belonging, Incorporation, Settlement and Identity (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW)
Shujaat Wasty, PhD Candidate, Middlesex University (England) and Trade Commissioner with the Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (Canada)
Sustarum Thammaboosadee, PhD Candidate, Chulalonkorn University (Thailand)
Aparna Malaviya, PhD Candidate, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India)
Rajesh S Kharat, Associate Professor, Centre for South Asian Studies, JNU New Delhi |
1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
UNHCR Presentation on Forced Migration |
3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Tea break |
3:30 - 4:30 |
Roundtables Behavioral Changes in Rural Women Coming to Dhaka for Employment-Focus on Garments Factory Workers (Bangladesh) Migration to big cities from coastal villages of Bangladesh: An empirical analysis Need to strengthen support in rural areas: the migratory communities are not satisfied with their present urban lifestyle Immigration, Global Poverty and the Right to Stay Situation of Chakma Migrants in Arunachal Pradesh: A Systematic Review of Literature Forced Displacement and Women: Understanding Women’s Realities in Post-Accord situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh |
4:30 - 5:00 PM |
Closing remarks (Venue: 20G Rooftop, AUW) |
Meherun Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at AUW. She received both her Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. She has taught Microeconomics, Development Economics, Labor Economics and Economics of Gender at Carleton College in Minnesota before joining AUW. Her research focuses on the microeconomic analysis of household behavior, with an emphasis on investment in education and health, nutrition, poverty and inequality, as well as labor force supply. She is also involved with a non-profit organization in Bangladesh that seeks to empower rural women through adult literacy programs and other income generating activities.
Dr. Vandana Asthana is the former Head of the Department of Political Science at Christ Church College, in Kanpur, and is currently Associate Professor, Government Department at Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Kanpur University and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is a board member of the South Asian Studies Association, a California based nonprofit. Her areas of research are in South Asian security with a focus on nontraditional threats and human security with special reference to water, environment and development. Her publications include research articles and several books: Water Policy Processes in India: Discourses of Power and Resistance, The Politics of Environment, India's Foreign Policy and Sub continental Politics, Theory of International Politics and two edited volumes, Security in South Asia: Trends and Directions and Advances in Environmental Biopollution. She has been on delegations of Track Two Diplomacy for confidence building measures between India and Pakistan. Dr. Asthana has been associated with premier think tanks in the region like the Delhi Policy Group, and has participated in the Ford Foundation projects in India and Sri Lanka on Comprehensive and Environmental Security in South Asia. She is the Founder member of the IC Centre for Governance, New Delhi, and the Founder Secretary and Member Advisory Panel of Eco-Friends, an NGO that works on water issues in India. She has served as consultant and completed a project for the Government of India on the Water Security of India. Her forthcoming books include Water Security in India: Hope and Despair.
Dr. Uttam Kumar Das is a Human Rights Lawyer and admitted to practice as an Advocate (Attorney) in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the Deputy Director at the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) in Dhaka. He holds a second LL.M. magna cum laude with concentration in International Human Rights Law from the University of Minnesota Law School, USA, and his first LL.M. and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Dr. Das’ areas of expertise include Human Rights and Migration and Refugee Issues. He has served with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as the National Protection (Legal) Officer in Bangladesh for four years. He also worked with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Dr. Das had been a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow , and been affiliated with the University of Minnesota Law School and Human Rights Center in Minneapolis, USA.
Lakshman Dissanayake is Professor in the Department of Demography, University of Colombo. He received his Bachelors’ degree in Development Studies from the University of Colombo, obtaining First Class Honours in 1977. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Population Studies from the University of Colombo, a Master's degree in Demography from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide. He is now on sabbatical leave as a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. He was the former Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, founder Director of the Colombo University Community Extension Centre, and former Rector of the Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo. Dr. Dissanayake’s expertise includes regional demography, regional development planning, health demography and post-disaster reconstruction. His publications include: "mLearning: an innovative conceptualization to expand Education for everyone, anytime, everywhere” (Leeds Metropolitan University), Regional Development Perspectives (Colombo-Chennai: Kumaran Book House 2009), Indigenous Knowledge Systems: An Appraisal Towards Resource Development (Colombo-Chennai: Kumaran Book House 2007), People’s consultation on post-tsunami relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction in Sri Lanka (United Nations Development Programme, 2005).
François Gemenne is a research fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), and also teaches the international politics of climate change and the governance of migration at Sciences Po Paris, the University of Paris 13 and the Free University of Brussels. His research deals with populations displaced by environmental changes and the policies of adaptation to climate change. He has conducted field studies in New Orleans, and in the archipelago of Tuvalu, as well as in China, Central Asia, the Maldives and Mauritius. Between 2007 and 2009, he supervised the research clusters on Asia-Pacific and Central Asia of the European research project EACH-FOR (standing for ‘Environmental Changes and Forced Migration Scenarios’). He has also been the scientific advisor of the exhibition ‘Native Land. Stop Eject’, held at the Fondation Cartier in Paris in Winter 2008. He has consulted for the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In 2010, he was awarded the ISDT-Wernaers Prize for achievement in the communication of science to the general public.He holds a joint doctorate in political science from Sciences Po Paris and the University of Liege (Belgium). He also holds a Master in Development, Environment and Societies from the University of Louvain, and a Master of Research in Political Science from the London School of Economics, where he also taught some courses. Between 2008 and 2010, he was awarded a post-doctoral scholarship from AXA Fund for Scientific Research. He has authored three books: Anticiper pour s’adapter (with L. Tubiana and A. Magnan, in French, Pearson 2010), Géopolitique du changement climatique (in French, Armand Colin 2009), and Nations and their Histories: Constructions and Representations (edited with Susana Carvalho, Palgrave Macmillan 2009).
Laxmi Joshi Gyawali brings seven years of experience in dealing with survivors of trafficking and exploitation. Currently, she is working for the protection and reintegration of internal trafficking survivors. She has also been a dedicated activist to introduce concept of case-working for protection and rehabilitation of survivors. As a frontline activist directly working with the survivors, she has successfully reintegrated numerous internal and cross border trafficking survivors. Ms. Gyawali was involved with Maiti Nepal, one of the pioneer organizations working in anti-trafficking in Nepal. She has in-depth knowledge about internal trafficking in Nepal. Ms. Gyawali's research interest is internal migration and exploitation during migration.
Melissa Jean-Brousseau received her Bachelor's degree in International Studies and International Relations from the University of Montreal in 2009, where she developed an interest for international human rights law. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Law where she examines state responsibility, human rights and migration issues. She is also pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Law while doing her Master’s in International law. She studied Gender and Human Rights in Casablanca, Morocco; organised a simulated parliamentary meeting in the Mexican Senate in Mexico D.F. on immigration flows; and participated in a political science seminar on Southeast Asia. She is interested in bringing her intellectual knowledge to the areas of migration studies and human rights law. Ms. Jean-Brousseau is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.
Hari Prasad Joshi has more than 12 years experience in the field of migration, trafficking, and exploitation of women and children in Nepal. He is one of the few in Nepal with profound knowledge on cross-border labor migration. Currently, Mr. Joshi is working on Combating Trafficking in Person (CTIP) project funded by USAID with the objective of enhancing the capacity and commitment of local governments, civil society networks, schools, media, and private sector to promote safe migration and prevent Trafficking in Person. He assisted in the establishment of the first-ever safe-migration resource centre in Midwestern Nepal. Through his relation with NGOs, he has also done capacity building for stakeholders involved in anti-trafficking and safe migration. His research interest and experience is on labour migration in Nepal.
Rajesh Kharat is presently Associate Professor at the Centre for South Asian Studies in the School of International Studies at JNU (New Delhi). Before that he was at the Department of Civics & Politics at the University of Mumbai. His publications include Bhutan in SAARC : Role of Small State in Regional Alliance (2000), Tibetan Refugees in India (2003) and Foreign Policy of Bhutan (2005), as well as over 20 research articles in various national and international journals, as well as edited volumes on contemporary issues like refugees, forced migration, insurgency, security and human rights in the South Asian region, particularly the Himalayan states, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. Professor Kharat has also worked as co-researcher on various research projects funded by the UNHCR, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network, Institute for South Asian Studies, Singapore and other research institutes within and outside of India.
N. Ajith Kumar is the Director of the Centre for Socio-economic & Environmental Studies (CSES), Kochi, Kerala, India. He obtained his Ph.D in Economics from the Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala, India. His post-graduate degree is in Statistics. His research interests are education, migration and health. He is particularly interested in research on issues related to vulnerable groups including migrant labour. In the recent past, he has conducted a study on unskilled labour migration to Kerala, a State in the south-west coast of India that has been witnessing large scale inflow of migrant workers from all over the country including Bengal and north-east India.
Janet Lim is currently the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at the UNHCR Headquarters. Prior to this she was the Director at the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the UNHCR Headquarters. She was also Director of the Technical Advisory Section regarding Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction in Afghanistan at UNAMA. Between 1991 and 2003 she was involved in decision-making positions with the Emergency and Security Services of the UNHCR Headquarters. She has also served as Program Administrator of the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS with UNAIDS in Geneva between 1996 and 1998. Janet Lim’s educational background is in Sociology, where she has received degrees from the University of Singapore(Singapore) and the University of Bielefeld (Germany).
Aparna Malaviya is currently a Research Scholar at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay, Mumbai India). She is conducting an ethnographic study on Afghan refugees in India as a part of her dissertation work in Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology. She has an Masters in Population Studies (2005) from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India. She also has a M.Sc. in Anthropology (2003) from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. She received her B.Sc. in Life Sciences (2000) from APSU Rewa, Rewa, India.
Lutaf Ali Mangrio holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from QAU Islamabad. He has been working with various national level social development Organizations on the issues of education and health promotion. Currently, he is associated with Karachi Sindh based national level NGO HANDS. He looks after the 2010 Flood affected IDPs relief and rehabilitation projects and programs.
Pralip Kumar Narzary is a Lecturer in the post graduate department of population studies in University in India. He belongs to the Boro tribe. He did his Ph. D. and Master of Population Studies at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, and his M.A. in Geography at Shillong, India. His Ph. D. work, which is on internally displaced persons, has been published as book in October 2010 by VDM Muller, Germany. His other areas of research interest include reproductive health, ethnic conflict and issues encompassing marginalized groups.
Shodashi R. Rayamajhi has had long experience with protecting children and women affected by various forms of exploitation, including trafficking. Her current responsibilities include managing and coordinating the Planete Enfants protection program. She has been a capacity building expert for front line personnel whoi are involved in protection from trafficking and exploitation. Previously, she served as counsellor to survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. She was also helped with a capacity building initiative for the staff of renowned Nepali NGO SAATHI, which operates multiple shelters for survivors of domestic violence, trafficking survivors and children living in streets. Ms. Rayamajhi's research interest is the migration of women and its consequence on their children.
Mr.Sustarum Thammaboosadee is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Chulalonkorn University and Lecturer in the Thai Studies Program at the Faculty of International Studies in Prince Songkhla University (Thailand). His dissertation title is, Political Economy of Transnational Worker’s Welfare : A case study of Burmese workers in Samuthprakarn province. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Chulalonkorn University. He was a Visiting Scholar at Sussex Centre of Migration Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK. His field of interests are international political economy, global civil society, and social protection. He has been part of several research teams, including one sponsored by the Thailand Democracy Watches-Research Institution. He has also presented and published many papers, including at the 10th National Political Science Conference in 2009 and the Academic Conference: Social Science and Politics and Administration Studies in 2010.
AKM Ahsan Ullah is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo. He has a Ph.D. in population migration. He teaches migration and refugee studies. He contributed chapters in a number of books, and published twelve books on migration, refugee and development studies. Recently, he published a book from Ashgate (Rationalizing migration decision: labour migrants in East and South East Asia). He worked for national and international development and research organizations in various capacities for more than fifteen years, such as the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Centre for Development Research (ZEF); University of Bonn, Germany; Saint Mary’s University; and University of Ottawa, Canada.
Rathana peou van den Heuvel is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD-ULAB) and a member of the ULAB Academic Council. She has extensive experience working on DIPECHO Partner DRR programs. She has consultancy experiences in Bangladesh and Sudan, with poor and marginalized groups in rural areas, especially with regard to the solidarity system and the WASH situation. She has experience of M&E methodologies within donor funded projects (DFID, UNICEF, ECHO, DAH) and Project Cycle Management Tools and Reporting. She is teaching Climate Change Debates, Grassroots Level Development and Sustainable Development. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and minors in Arabic and Philosophy.
Mr. Muhammad Rafique Wassan works as Lecturer, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. He did his Masters in Anthropology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and is pursuing M.Phil studies in the Sociology Department, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Mr. Wassan has been working with different community development and research study programs with special focus on women’s empowerment, gender rights, equity in health, displacement, social justice, democracy, and good governance. He has been an active member of various Pakistan youth leadership forums on the issues of human rights, health, and reproductive rights. Mr. Wassan is also associated with the Fellowship Study program on Masculinities organized by South Asian Network to Address Masculinities (SANAM) based at Nepal. Mr. Wassan is also associated as a Fellow with the Center for Peace and Civil Society (CPCS) Hyderabad, Pakistan. In 2007, Mr. Rafique participated in the international conference, Spheres of Justice, organized by MCRG in Kolkata, India.
Shujaat Wasty holds a Master's in Education Technology and is currently pursuing a doctorate. His research interests include the application of critical and sustainable models of developmental approach in providing life skills training, preventive health education, and improving the hygienic conditions of under-resourced and marginalized communities. He is a founder and volunteer of the RS Foundation and serves as an advisor to other North American-based non-profit organizations engaged in humanitarian and development work.
Meng Xiangjing has a Ph.D. in demography and is Associate Professor in the Institute of Population Research, Renmin Universitys of China. Her research interest is population and development. Recently, she conducted a project on the Effects of Migration on the Migrants in Sanjiangyuan Area in China.
A 4-day field trip will be organized in the days following the conference. Since the number of places is limited to 20, presenters will have priority. Please confirm as soon as possible if you wish to participate in this trip.
Dates: 25-28 September 2011
Cost: 200$/person (including food, transportation, accommodation)
The purpose of this trip is to provide field experience to the participants of the conference, and to give them a better understanding of the challenges of forced migration in Bangladesh and more specifically in the Chittagong Division. The participants will visit different districts of the Chittagong Division, meet with local NGOs and international organizations that are involved in projects for different types of migrants including refugees, environmentally displaced people, trafficked people, and migrant workers.
In addition to providing a better understanding of the different challenges of forced migration in the region, the aim of this trip is also to share knowledge, build bridges between academics and field workers and to reinforce the network of people working on forced migration in South and Southeast Asia.
Schedule:
Time |
25 Sept
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26 Sept |
27 Sept |
28 Sept |
8 :00-13 :00 |
Visit of villages of ethnic minorities victims of displacement(YPSA) Visit of the Safe Migration Project for international migrant workers (YPSA) |
Trip from Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar (5hrs)Departure 6:30 AM Visit to Shelter for victims of trafficking (YPSA) |
Rakhain(ethnic minority) village affected by climate change Social theatre in costal village on trafficking (BITA) |
Sex workers center (YPSA) Disaster prone slums (YPSA)
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
15:00-18:00 |
Fishermen villages affected by shipbreaking yards (YPSA) Disaster preparedness project (CODEC) |
Meeting with UNHCR on their work with the Rohingyas (UNHCR) Visit of Coast project (COAST) |
Visit of a slum where a lot of climate migrants settled (YPSA) Trip from Cox’s Bazar to Chittagong |
Garment factories and meeting with workers (YPSA)
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20:00 |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Late Dinner |
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Overnight in Chittagong |
Overnight in Cox’s Bazar |
Overnight in Chittagong |
Overnight in Chittagong |
Number of participants: Maximum 20
**This is a preliminary version of the schedule and is subject to change**
For registration and any additional information regarding this specific trip, please contact Marie-Pierre Arseneault at migrationconference@auw.edu.bd. We look forward to welcoming you at the Asian University for Women.
