“Bandhu Social Welfare Society (Bandhu) demonstrates how community-led HIV programmes and inclusive approaches deliver effective and sustained results that leave no one behind”

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we participate in the celebration of twenty years of hard, passionate work with sexual minorities in Bangladesh by our partner and constituent, Bandhu Social Welfare Society (Bandhu). Bandhu is a shining example of what a dedicated group of community activists can accomplish with passion, commitment and good management. It has also contributed to International work in the South Asia region and beyond, much of it through APCOM. We commend this effort to document the impact of their work for many to learn from. We congratulate Shale Ahmed and his team at Bandhu, and wish them another brilliant twenty years.

"The partnerships Bandhu created with the national human rights institution created an example in South Asia. This partnership has directly led to legal and policy advancements in Bangladesh."

RFSU has always valued having BANDHU as a partner for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bangladesh. Over the years, we have appreciated not only the strengths in analysis and methodology that BANDHU shows, but also the rights-based approach that is guiding the work. Together, these strengths and approaches have paved the way for the impressive results that the organization has achieved, and that are contributing to better lives for groups that traditionally have been marginalized and discriminated against.
RFSU congratulates BANDHU on an ever-developing & successful work, and the rights-holders on having a voice-giver in BANDHU.