This is a report of a national conference on issues concerning ethnic communities of Bangladesh. The report compiles information and reflections on Adivasi issues such as their identity question; constitutional recognition; civil, political and cultural rights; land rights; access to education; and customary rights over forest resources. The conference was a follow-up of a number of national events and research on Adivasi issues. Four organizations-Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), National Adivasi Roundtable Conference Committee (NARTCC) [that was formed at the end of a SEHD seminar], London-based Minority Rights Group (MRG), and Bangladesh Indigenous and Hill Peoples' Association for Advancement (BIHPAA) jointly organized the national roundtable conference on 18, 19, 20 December 1997.
Edited by Philip Gain
Compilation by Priscilla Raj and Shishir Moral
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