Our Mission & Vision
To empower underprivileged women, particularly dalit women & safeguard children’s rights by helping them understand their role and responsibility in fighting against all sorts of violence and discrimination, principally those centering on caste and gender, and thus promote the establishment of Human Rights in a just society.
To eliminate all sorts of violence and discrimination and build an equitable and just society where women and girls, especially Dalit women and girls, enjoy equal status and dignity.
Promoting and protection dalit Women right’s
Health & Reproductive health rights
Livelihood and food security
Women economic empowerment
Values for excellence in DEF to guide to work
DEF is obliged to manifest the following values at its workplace, these shoul guide its work:
Love for Justice and honesty
Devotion and respect towards the so called beneficiaries
Transparency, sympathy,
empathy and responsibility
Friendly relationship and solidarity with everybody
Patience, tolerance, open-mindedness
Discipline, self-control
Love for knowledge, awareness, creativity, innovation
Accountability, dutifulness, self-sacrifice
Understanding, compassion
Executive Committee of the Organization
| S.L No | Name & Father's Name |
Position | Address | Educational Qualification |
Occupation | Mobile Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jhorna Das Nirapod Das |
President | Lokkhonpur, Shuvashini, Tala |
B.A | Social Worker | 01730996151 |
| 2 | Sona Das Ronojit Das |
Vice President | Sonadanga, Baniyakhamar, Khulna |
H.S.C | House Wife | 01518430118 |
| 3 | Dipali Das Adhir Das |
Secretary | Chuknagar, Dumuria, Khulna |
H.S.C | Social Worker | 01715143522 |
| 4 | Sneholota Mollik Bimol Mollik |
Treasurer | Shuvna, Dumuria, Khulna |
B.A | Job Holder | 01720587123 |
| 5 | Mina Das | Executive Member | Baliyadanga, Keshabpur, Jashore |
H.S.C | Social Worker | 01745239153 |
| 6 | Sabina Yasmin Hazrat Ali Gazi |
Executive Member | Monohorpur, Monirampur, Jashore |
H.S.C | House Wife | 01743116243 |
| 7 | Minoti Munda Khogendra Nath Munda |
Executive Member | Mundapara, Burigoalini, Shamnagar |
H.S.C | House Wife | 01783781171 |
Organogram of DEF
LEGAL STATUS OF DEF
DEF is registered with the following Registration Authorities
| S.L No. | Type of Registration | Registration No. | Registration Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Welfare Dept. | Sat-945/08 | 05 January, 2008 | |
| 2 | NGO Affairs Bureau | 3371 | 06 August2023 |
Thematic Priorities of DEF :
Promoting and protection dalit Women right’s
Women Empowerment & Leadership
Climate change & Gender
Girl’s education
Livelihood and food security
Poverty alleviation through skill development
Women economic empowerment
Health & Reproductive health rights
The strategies include:
Agency creation at the grassroots level
Knowledge transfer and skill-building for group members
Social mobilization and sensitization
Support girls to reduce drop out from education
Networking and advocacy
Linkages with service institutions
Reducing domestic violence
Creation of livelihood opportunities through income-generating activities
Massage of Executive Director
Dalit Empowerment Foundation (DEF) is a community-based organization (CBO) that is led and managed by Dalit Women, located at Tala Upazila in Satkhira District. DEF works with marginalized and untouchable women and girls called “Dalits” in Bangladesh since 2008. DEF aims to promote human rights, social justice and dignity for Dalit women and children...
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- DEF Financial Management policy
- DEF HR M Policy
- DEF Organogram
- DEF Staff List
- DEF-Annual Report 2022
- Gender Inclusive Policy
- Annual Report 2023-24
- DEF Safeguarding Policy
- DEF Zero Tolerance Policy
- DEF Partnership Policy
- DEF Strategic Plan 2023-2027
- DEF Constitution
DEF's Activities
Providing Stipends to students
Dialogue on Child Marriage
Women Economic Empowerment
Upcoming Event
1.Conduct day long workshop on SRHR & Health Hygiene Practice with adolescent girls’ groups.
2.Conduct day long medical camp at community level.
3.Provision of Menstrual Material for hygiene practice.
4.Sharing Meetings with Upazilla Health Complex, Community Clinic on increase access to gov. services.
Recent News
A medical camp for reproductive health services was held on Monday (August 25) from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Loknath Temple premises in Ghoshnaga in Tala Upazila, under the joint initiative of the Dalit Empowerment Foundation (DEF),a non-governmental development organization and donor partner NUOVI SPAZI AL SERVIRE ONG – Onlus, Italy under Ò Promoting disaster response and health risk reduction strategies for dalit/disadvantaged women at Tala in Satkhira.(PDRHRS).At the beginning of the medical camp,DEF Executive Director Deepali Das Briefly addressed the attendees about the importance of reproductive health.The medical camp is provided by Gynecologist Dr. Bani Saha, assisted by a medical assistant and a nurse. Also present were DEF Advisor Mr. Sergio Targa and the organization’s Program Coordinator Farzana Kabir, along with other staff.Through this medical camp,a total of 32 women, including members of the Gangarampur Dalit Women’s Group and other underprivileged women of the area,were provided free medical services and free medicines. The people of the area were very happy with this initiative of DEF.
