Thirty organisations won the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2018 for their outstanding contributions to promoting youth employability, education, sports, cultural activities, and an end to violence against women.
The 30 organisations were selected from a short-list of 50-nominated organisations under 10 categories, including skill development, universal education, job management for differently-abled people, cultural revolution, innovation, sports and fitness, creating public awareness and reducing gender discrimination.
Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser and Centre for Research and Information (CRI) Chairperson Sajeeb Wazed Joy handed over the awards to top 10 organisations at Sheikh Hasina National Youth Center in Savar yesterday afternoon.
Earlier, a two-hour session on women's rights and safety, entitled “#BeBrave”, moderated by Dhaka University Gender Studies Associate Professor Sheikh Imtiaz was held.
The third edition of the Joy Bangla Youth Award began on Saturday with 50 youth-led organisations and platforms.
Young Bangla, the youth platform of non-profit organisation CRI, handed over certificates to the organisations selected for the award on the first day of the programme.
A discussion titled “Career Talk” was held in the opening session of the day, where 200 people including 60 winners of the previous two editions attended.
Later in the day, Young Bangla organised a similar event styled “Let's Talk”, in which the topic “Tarunner Joy Bangla” was discussed.
At present, working with 10 thousand marginalized and endangered people in 10 colonies of 6 divisions and Barisal city are working with the Youth Net for Climate Justice. Youthnet for Climate Justice became involved in 25 young organizations in 2016 to highlight the voices of children and adolescents and youth at the policy-critical level to address the South-Lake climate influences with the 'Safe World Green Forests' The organization, which came to the spotlight in Barisal, for the first time in the country, organized a two-day climate conference on youth summit. In this two-day conference, more than 500 children and young people of Barisal Division, the pioneers of the life-giving program, environmentalists and media people contributed to the youth through exchange of experience. Barisal announced the announcement of the conference in the Jatiya Sangsad and several international forums Barisal demanded by the organization. Even the organizer's co-ordinator Sohanur Rahman took part in the meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in March this year. The organization is not limited to meetings or seminars only. The range of their activities has gradually expanded by organizing youths in Barisal Division to tackle disaster, to protect environment and to adapt to climate change. Message of consciousness spreading to safe homes and sanitation, monthly health care, sexual and reproductive health as well as to prevent child marriage. Besides, the organization organizes training with Brac University in Barguna, Bhola, Patuakhali and Barisal districts to develop the skills and leadership of grassroots youth of the tribal areas affected by climate change. The organization has also worked on transparency in Climate Fund. Recognition has contributed to the development of society. In order to overcome the adverse effects of climate change in Barisal, coastal non-people of Barisal have won 'Joy Bangla Youth Award' for their contribution in establishing their rightful rights. Youthnet for Climate Justice Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Information and Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy handed over this award to the chief coordinator of YouthNet, Shakila Islam, in the Climate Change and Environmental Conservation Development category, among the best 30 organizations on youth. In three years, the organization has got wings in every district and upazila of Barisal Division. More than 1200 young and young women have joined. These skeptical youths are moving forward in front of many obstacles, overcoming adverse environmental obstacles and ignoring the hostile environment. The message of consciousness is reaching from door to door. There is a plan to spread this awareness in larger areas in front of them.
