VOICE is a Bangladesh-based activist, rights based research and advocacy organization working around the issues of corporate globalization.

Campaigns

It critically campaigns on neo-liberal "economic hegemony", the role of international financial institutions (IFIs), WTO, TNCs and privatization. It works around aid conditions,

food sovereignty Food sovereignty is a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. This stands in contrast to the present corporate food regime, in which ...

, media, communication rights and information and communication technologies, governance and human rights, policy research and advocacy, both at local and national levels in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

to raise awareness and shape the public discourse against economic, social and

cultural hegemony In Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who manipulate the culture of that society—the beliefs and explanations, perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of t ...

and injustice including "global

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...

and

imperialism Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power (economic and ...

." VOICE is located in

Shyamoli ''Holi Lane, Ring Road'', Shyamoli ( bn, শ্যামলী) is a locality in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is to the northwest of Agargaon Agargaon is a borough in the Bangladeshi city of Dhaka. Education Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, the capital of

Research, action

It works through networking and partnership for a new development paradigm establishing a micro-macro linkage in order to generate increased support for policy influencing. It has a team of activists on "research and actions and believes in promoting the capacity, knowledge and empowerment of people, the voices of unheard".

Campaign over monga

VOIC
has published
''Monga: the art of politics of dying'' and ''The Politics of Aid: Conditionalities and Challenges'' during the seventh summit of the World Social Forum in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

in January 2007.

Famine-like situation

Monga refers to a famine-like situation observed in several northern districts of

, has been "recurring every year for decades", according to Voice. The two months of the monga season between September and October are generally marked by a dire lack of food, stemming from the lack of non-agricultural work and the agricultural off-season coinciding. Periodic famine stems from the neglect and lack of commitment on the part of successive governments of

, who have consistently denied the very existence of the phenomenon, according to Voice. Ahmed Swapan Mahmud is executive director of Voice, based at the Pisciculture Housing Society in the Shyamoli locality of

External links

VOICE official site, BangladeshAPC on VOICE

References

Information and communication technologies in Asia Non-profit technology Non-profit organisations based in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub