Seminar report

Indigenous people in Bangladesh: Human rights and sustainable development goals

Bangladesh is a country of cultural and ethnic diversity, with over 54 indigenous peoples, along with the majority Bengali population. Despite remarkable progress towards the SDGs, a significant portion of the indigenous population continues to be deprived of basic socio-economic rights, including education, healthcare, food and nutritional security, access to safe drinking water, and so forth. The situation of indigenous women, youth, elders and persons with disability, is often worse.