Title of the Project:  Young People at High Schools Strengthen women rights and inclusive governance in Bangladesh (YUKTA)

Project Implementation Period:  3 Years and 11 month( 01 February 2021 to 31 December 2024 

Name of donor: NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice

Project Areas:

Rajshahi district: Paba and Mohanpur upazila

Chapainawanganj district:  Nachole and Chapai sadar upazila

Natore district: lalpur and Natore sadar upazila

Jaipurhat: Panchbibi and Jaipurhat sadar Upazila

Direct Project Beneficiaries: 54,609 (persons)

Year wise budget distribution/allocations:

Total Project budget: 6,48,77,875

District/ Upazila wise budget distribution:

Rajshahi district: BDT. 6,214,307

Chapainawanganj district: BDT. 6,214,307

Jaipurhat district: 6,214,306

Natore Upazila: 6,214,307

Project type and goal: The young people at high schools strengthen women's rights and inclusive governance in Bangladesh (YUKTA) Project. The YUKTA project, funded and technically supported by NETZ Bangladesh, operates across four districts and forty unions in north-western Bangladesh from February 2021 to December 2024 with a budget of 15,187,115. Its aims include empowering HRDs to safeguard women's and girls' rights, combat gender-based violence, and foster inclusive governance through various initiatives. Activities encompass forming village, union, upazila, and district CSOs, student forums, theatre groups, dialogues at multiple levels, advocacy campaigns, survivor support, and fostering connections between government officials and CSOs. Achievements include setting up complaint boxes in schools and Union Parishads, reforming violence protection committees, forging strong government-CSO relations, offering support to survivors, and enabling extensive training and representation opportunities for CSO members in various governmental bodies.