Aparajeyo-Bangladesh (AB) is a national human rights organization . it was founded in 1995 through localization of an international NGO. The organization commenced activities in 1976, working with children, youth and women living in and around the slums of Dhaka city.
Aparajeyo is a non-government and non-profit organization that was solely founded to provide a range of services to socially excluded children, youth and women in in Bangladesh. Through its programmes and projects, AB provides a range of rights-based services to children, youth and women through a holistic approach. AB work with beneficiaries complies with the United Nations Child Rights Convention and CEDAW.
AB recognizes that children, youth and women are the holders of their own rights. And because these rights are invested in the beneficiaries, they are no longer passive recipients of charity but empowered actor in their own development. The organization emphasizes the need to respect children, youth and women’s evolving capacities.