Initiative for Right View (IRV)

IRV

Initiative for Right View (IRV) is a rights-based research campaign organization. IRV is a non-profit organization. It was established in 2008 by a group of young development activists who are very much committed to social change, transformation, and confidence in raising peoples’ voices on different burning issues which caused the suffering of the people, especially the poor, marginal, and oppressed people. The particular focus of IRV is to address economic justice, biodiversity, climate change, disaster response and risk mitigation, women’s knowledge base systems, and human rights. IRV is committed to upholding women’s rights and the equitable distribution of social wealth.

Country

Bangladesh

Mission

To work against inequality and poverty through traditional wisdom, general peoples’ accessibility to natural resources and ensuring their participation in development activities irrespective of cast, creed, and ethnicity, through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor.

Our work in development finance

IRV work with communities, indigenous peoples', ethnic minority communities to protect their rights and to raise their voices by demanding accountability, transparency and redress for communities adversely impacted by development projects funded by development financial institutions like ADB and AIIB through research, advocacy, and campaigns.

Geographic Focus

Asia

Constituency/Partners

Indigenous Peoples | Rural Communities | Women Girls and Feminist

Sector Focus

Business & Human Rights | Dams & Infrastructure | Participation & Freedom of Expression | Transparency & Access to Information | Water & Sanitation

Financier Targets

ADB | AIIB

Website

www.irv-bd.org

Find out more

Follow us at @RightsInDevt
Load More