Det blir en rapport med tillhörande bildvisning från SUS 30-årsfirande på årsmötet och även tillfälle att köpa nyinkommet hantverk. Så boka 9 april redan nu för en intressant kväll med Föreningen för SUS – kvinnoprojekt i Bangladesh.
Read MoreI 2017 års första nyhetsbrev berättar vi om Fawzia Nasrin, människorättsaktivist som prisats i Bangladesh för sitt arbete i SUS SVAW-grupper. Vi berättar om SUS 30-årsjubileum och föreningens kassör Kjell Johansson och Naym Sultana Libon, från SUS, får presentera sig lite närmare.
Read MoreVem är vem? Nu startar vi en serie där vi presenterar personerna bakom det arbete som görs i Sverige och i Bangladesh lite närmare. Vi börjar med SUS grundare, Begum Rokeya, och föreningens ordförande, Christina Tillö.
Read MoreJulie Lydall and Carleen Irish spent some time with SUS in November 1990, and they are both impressed by the development of the organization and shocked about what they see when they visit one woman at the hospital.
Read MoreSo many organizations, and donations from private persons helped lay the ground for SUS to buy land, build offices and gain NGO status with the right to receive foreign funding.
Begum Rokeya continues to tell the story of SUS.
In SUS’ early days all activities took place in the house of Rokeya’s mother where Rokeya lived together with her siblings and daughter. ”We crowded 15 women and sewing machines into our front room”, she writes in her book.
Read MoreSUS is an organization where Hindus and Muslims work side by side. In a segregated society the Shelter House might be the only place where women from the different religions meet. Begum Rokeya recalls the days of her childhood when religion was not a barrier for friendship.
Read MoreIn her book Begum Rokeya recalls the time of liberation. ”Oh my golden Bengal, I love you,” we sang after Independence Day. Conditions however were difficult. A food shortage led to a famine. I began to set up help for women.
Read MoreService Civil International brought Manfred Stüber and Margit Palokangas together and they also met Rokeya through the organisation. They have since 1986 formed a part of the supporting network that SUS and Rokeya has in Sweden.
Read MoreMany of the early supporters of SUS were engaged in Service Civil International. Through that organization Olof Meurling met Begum Rokeya and that was the start of a lifelong support for SUS, and a success they never could have imagined in the mid 80s.
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