h uman r ights a wareness and p ractice : a s tudy on b arguna s adar u pazila

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PRACTICE: A STUDY ON BARGUNA SADAR UPAZILA

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

Study background Objectives Methodology Characteristics of Sample Findings on awareness, knowledge and

practice

STUDY BACKGROUND

‘Human Rights’ is a much talked-about issue all over the world

Human rights condition in developing countries like is not satisfactory in many cases

Bangladeshi people also face violation of human rights Knowledge and awareness on human rights is key to

human rights protection Human rights knowledge and practice of people of

remote areas are mostly unknown in the country Nagorik Odhikar endeavors to improve the human

rights condition for grass-roots level people

OBJECTIVES

Three key objectives: To know the awareness of the people about human

rights To explore their knowledge about human rights To unearth the practice of human rights

METHODOLOGY

Main method: Survey Study area: Sadar Upazila, Borguna Source of information: Primary source Data collection technique: Interview Data collection instrument: Interview Schedule Sampling technique: Stratified Sampling Sample size: 598

CHARACTERISTICS OF SAMPLE

Below 18 years

18-28 years

28-38 years

38-48 years

48-58 years

58-68 years

68+ years

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00

3.68

25.25

29.43

18.39

13.21

7.86

2.17

Age distribution of the respondents

Percentage

94.80

4.30 0.80Religion of the respondents

Islam

Sanatan

Christianity

Male56%

Female45%

Gender distribution of the respondents

87.1

12.4

0.2 0.3 Marital status of the respondents

Married Unmarried

Divorced Saperated

Illiterate Can read and write

only

Class 1-2 Class 3-5 Class 6-8 Class 9-10 SSC HSC Bachelor (Pass)

Bachelor (Hons)

Masters and above

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

13.59.5

3.2

27.1

16.2

5.48.7 8.2

1.8 3.7 2.7

Respondents' Education Level

Perc

enta

ge

House

Wife

Agric

ultu

re

Busin

ess

Stud

ents

Day la

bor

Serv

ice

Fish

erm

an

Driver

Small b

usin

ess

Teac

her

Artis

an

Polit

ical L

eade

r

Boat

man

Villa

ge D

octo

r

Lawye

r

Imam

Tailo

r

Small I

ndus

try

NGO wor

ker

Unem

ploy

ed

Phys

ician

Retir

ed P

erso

n

Jour

nalis

t

Secu

rity

Guard

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0 30.3

19.1

12.28.0 7.4

4.0 3.7 3.2 3.0 2.7 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Occupation of the respondents

Perc

enta

ge

CHARACTERISTICS OF SAMPLE…

FINDINGS ON AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE

Yes54%

No46%

Whether respondents know the term "Human Rights"

Newsp

aper TV

Book

NGOs

Gov

ernm

ent A

genc

ies

Teac

her

0.00

20.00

40.00

60.00

17.96

54.80

29.10 31.58

1.5510.53

Media through which respondents have known the term "Human Rights" (n= 323)

Yes77%

No18%

Don't know5%

Whether rights of all people irrespective of their gender, religion, ethnic identity, and

economic condition are same

Yes49%

No51%

Whether respondents have heared the term "Basic Rights"

Food Cloth Shelter Education TreatmentDon't Know0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

32.926.3 27.3 24.6 22.9

67.1

Awareness about basic rights of consti-tution

Perc

ent

Don't know any

right

Know 1 right

Know 2 rights

Know 3 rights

Know 4 rights

Know 5 rights

0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.0

67.1

1.0 4.5 4.7 4.5

18.2

Number of basic rights workers are aware about

Perc

ent

Yes43%

No56%

Don't know1%

Whether respondents know the term "Constitution"

FINDINGS ON AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE…

54.5

43.0

0.2 2.3

Whom respondents think responsible to ensure basic rights (food, shelter, cloth, ed-ucation, treatment)

Own Government

NGOs Don't know

54.8

42.5

0.2 2.5

Responsibility to ensure security of life

OwnGovernmentNGOsDon't know

48.8

35.1

14.41.7

"Safety Feeling" among the respondents

All time

Sometimes

Never

No comments


36.96

11.04

52.01

Whether the scope to 'form organization' is related to human rights

Yes

No

Don't know

Yes40%

No60%

Respondents' membership to any sort of organization

Always

Sometimes

Never

No comments

0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00

49.15

43.64

5.08

2.12

Whether respondents have freedom in participating organizations' activities freely



Yes74%

No26%

Whether respondents know their right to assembly

Always Sometimes Never 0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

12.35

48.90

38.75

Respondents participation in assembly

Perc

en

t

Always

Sometimes

Never

Don't know

No comments

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00

3.78

23.71

45.70

13.92

12.89

Whether respondents face barriers to participate in assembly

84.11

3.1812.71

Is the 'scope to express opinion' a right?

YesNoDon't know

34.6

56.3

9.1

Expressing opinion by the respondents

Always

Sometimes

Never

Always Sometimes Never No comments0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

40.9

52.0

3.7 3.3

Enjoying freedom while expressing opinion

Perc

ent


50.33

7.69

41.97

Whether 'freedom of religion' is related to human rights

Yes

No

Don't know88.46

6.191.843.51

Whether people of all religion get equal chance to participate their religious activ-

ities

Always

Sometimes

Never

Don't know


Yes97%

No1%

Don't know2%

Is voting a right?

87.1

5.27.7

Voting parctice among the respondents

Always

Sometimes

Never

Father/Mother

Neighbour Husband/Wife

Only own choice

Political leaders

0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0

100.0

0.9 2.0 4.2

92.0

0.9

Decision-maker for choosing election can-didate

Perc

ent

13.2

22.3

64.5

Whether respondents influence others for choosing election cadidate

All time

Some times

Never


88.3

6.75.0

Is everyone equal before law?

Yes No Don't know

51.3

39.8

6.0 2.8

Respondents' opinion on equal application of law for all

Yes No Don't know No comments


82.9

14.03.0

Whether men and women should have equal rights in national life

Yes

No

Don't know 0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00 49.3342.98

5.691.00 1.00

Whether women should be provided with opportunity to participate equally in all

areas of work

Perc

ent

Always Sometimes Never Don't know0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00 65.89

24.58

8.031.51

Whether men and women should get equal wage for same work

Perc

ent

74.9

22.22.8

Necessity of taking opinion of the women in house-hold decision-making

Always

Sometimes

Never


90.80

8.36

0.84 Responsibility to ensure children's education

Parents

Government

Don't know 96.3

1.5 2.2

Should children's education be free?

Yes No

Don't know

Family

Government

NGOs

Don't know

0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 80.00

74.75

21.91

0.84

2.51

Responsibility to ensure all sorts of protection of the children

Percent


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