Tag Archives : Updated Stories of 1000 PW


Rokeya Kabir (Bangladesh)

————————————– After 10 years (2015): Despite the very difficult years between 2002 and 2009, when BNPS as an organisation and Rokeya Kabir personally had to go through a lot of constraints due to governmentt reprisal, Rokeya and a few others did not give up. Although they had to let go most of their staff, as […]

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Asha Lata Baidya (Bangladesh)

  ——————————————————————- Update of biography 2015:   44 years of activism and no end in sight   Ten years later, in the year 2015, Ashalata Baidya, a small, delicate woman from the outside, has not lost any of her fervour in the struggle for the right cause. She is a very strong minded and energetic […]


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Faith Bandler (Australia)

——————————————– Update: Faith Bandler Vale Faith Bandler passed away on February 16, 2015 at the age of 96 and will be remembered as a tireless advocate for the rights of South Sea Islanders in Australia. Her family was offered a state funeral for her.     http://theconversation.com/vale-faith-bandler-anti-racist-intellectual-and-activist-37623   http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/02/14/state-funeral-offered-bandlers-family ——————————————– “We can change anything. We […]