Sarder M. Asaduzzaman's Page

What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

For building a sustainable development and meaningful peace in the world the long-term conflict resolution and peace building is imperative. With this understanding I committed myself in this work.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Mr. Sarder M. Asaduzzaman is a, 37 years, Bangladeshi young human rights and peace activist. As a Programme Officer with Danida Bangladesh (Human Rights and Good Governance Programme) Asad plans and designs various projects with partner NGOs involving children and young peoples. He is responsible for monitoring, supervising and advising the implementation of these projects. He is not representing Danida here officially rather his own capacity.

Mr. Asad has been a voluntary development activist, apart from professional engagement, for many years now and has been associated with a variety of organizations and initiatives in home and abroad. He is particularly interested in the justice for women and children victims who are periodically suffering from violence and abuses. Asad has taken part in various issue-related career enhancing training sessions including environmental issues, development, children’s rights, advocacy training, peace and conflict sessions etc. He has presented papers in South Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, India. Mr. Asad has quite a few number of articles published in various national and international level journals, dailies and magazines and traveled many countries namely India, Nepal, USA, UK, Belgium, South Korea, France, Philippines, Austria, Thailand, Canada, Netherlands, Cambodia. Having Masters in Geography from Dhaka University Mr. Asad holds PGD (Post-graduate Diploma) in Development Planning (from Dhaka), PGD in Children, Youth and Development (from Netherlands), PGD in Human Rights and Legal Aid (from Dhaka) and Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation (from USA). He is now doing another MA in Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (in Cambodia). Mr. Asad is always very much keen to Asian Values and Cultures while translating any theory in this reality. He loves to challenge the usual Western trends through contextualization. His area of expertise is programme cycle management, peace and conflict, human rights and governance and local justice. He is a vibrant peace activist in Bangladesh.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise

Bangladesh and Cambodia

What is your current country of residence?

Bangladesh

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Working as the Programme Officer in the Human Rights and Good Governance programme of DANIDA in Bangladesh.

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Development, Education, Environment, Gender, IDPS, Humanitarian Relief, Organizational Development, Security, Terrorism

Which are your primary skills areas?

Advocacy, Budgeting, Capacity Building, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Research, Qualitative Skills, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

- Community-based Justice Mechanism with particular focus of Mediation
- Child Rights
- Asian Values
- Child Participation

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications

• ‘Value-based Peace Education for Youth: An Experimental Approach’ in Exploring Asian Approaches to Peace Building- Practical Insights and Reflections, proceedings of the 1st ACTION Asia Peacebuilders’ Forum 2006, published by ACTION Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2007
• 'Domestic Violence against Children’ in the State of Child Rights in Bangladesh: 2006 (an annual publication on Child Rights in Bangladesh) published by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), Dhaka, September, 2007. http://www.bsafchild.org/state_english.pdf
• 'Empowerment of Women and Disabled Persons: A Commentary’ in the Disability and Development (a book on disability issue in Bangla) published by Community Development Library (CDL), Dhaka, June 2002.
• ‘Indigenous Resource Mobilization for Development Initiatives: Role of Media’ in the Grassroots Voice, Volume 3, Issue I & II, March 2000, published from Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• ‘Flood 1988 and 1998: A Comparative Study’ in the Bangla Academy Biggyan Patrika (Science Journal of The Bangla Academy), 26th Year, Issue-1, April-September 1999, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• ‘Devastating Floods in Bangladesh and People’s Defensive Attitudes: A Discussion on Two Inundated Study Areas’ in the Unnayan Bitarka (Bangla Journal), 18th Year, 1st Issue, March 1999 published from Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• ‘Dry Season Water Scarcity in the Ganges River and Its Environmental Impact: A Field-based Study’ in the Journal of Social Development, 13th Year, Issue-1, December 1998 published from Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• ‘Trends and Problems of Manpower Exports of Bangladesh’ in The Bangladesh Asiatic Society Patrika (Bangla Journal), Part-14, Issue-1, June 1996 published from the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

Articles in various newsletters and newspapers:
• ‘Peacebuilder’s Forum 2008: In Quest of Peace in Asia’ in the Weekend Independent Magazine, 05 December, 2008, Dhaka, http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=107010
• ‘Domestic Violence against Children in Bangladesh’ in the Weekend Independent Magazine, 05 September, 2008, Dhaka, http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=96495
• ‘Troubleshooting in disputes at community level’ in the Weekend Independent Magazine, 25 July, 2008, Dhaka, http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=91143
• ‘Violence against Children at Home’ (in Bangla) published in Human Rights, a newsletter published by BCDJC, Dhaka, Issue-1, Nov-2007, Dhaka
• ‘Child Right to Participation: Institutionalization is a must’ in the OurTime (a weekly English newspaper), Nov 02 – 08, 2007, Vol-6, Issue-19, Dhaka.
• ‘Waking up to Child Abuse’ in the PROBE News Magazine (a weekly magazine), Nov 02 – 08, 2007, Vol-6, Issue-19, Dhaka. http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=3210
• ‘Participation: A Right of a Child’ in the Community Development Library Bulletin, October 2002 published by Community Development Library (CDL), Dhaka.
• 'Asian Youth Assembly 2001: Youth Crossing Boundaries…' in the WAY Forum, issue- August-September-October 2001published from the World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.
• 'Causes, Consequences and Pattern of Internal Migration: An Analysis on Bangladesh Perspective', in the Dhaka Post (a monthly magazine), vol-10, issue- 7 & 8, December 2000 and January 2001 published from Dhaka.
• 'Biogas Plant: A Step for Environmental Conservation', in the EIA Newsletter, vol-3, issue-2, April- June 2000 published by National EIA Association of Bangladesh (NEAB), Dhaka.
• 'Rickshaws: A Mobile Medium for Environmental Education', in the EIA Newsletter, vol-2, issue-4, October - December 1999 published by National EIA Association of Bangladesh (NEAB), Dhaka.