Annual Report 2021
CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
BRAC UNIVERSITY
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It is with great pleasure that I present the annual report of the Centre for Peace and Justice after the completion of its 4th year.
Despite the dislocation caused by the pandemic, CPJ has experienced significant growth both in terms of activities and team size. CPJ has projected its voice for social justice by way of research and advocacy – during the year it has published seven research papers, seven policy briefs, and one briefing paper. Six major advocacy events were held.
We have also developed an informative new website, which better reflects our work and have developed new ways to present ourselves to the rest of the world. Our social media footprint has increased significantly and we now have thousands of CPJ followers across multiple platforms.
CPJ team is excited about the future activities, particularly its groundbreaking refugee and peace café programmes. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the generous support from our various academic partners, donors, public sector institutions and Brac University leadership.
Finally, I thank my hardworking CPJ team members for their incredible dedication and comradeship.
Executive Director’s Message
Manzoor Hasan OBE
Executive Director2 Key Activities
Training Education
Multi-disciplinary Research Policy Advocacy
Human Rights Democratization Cultural Pluralism
THEMATIC
AREAS Social
Justice
Open Society
Peace and Fragility
Peace-building Fragility Mapping Displacements
Access to Justice
Legal Empowerment Climate Justice
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3 R E E S A R H C
Total Number of Research: 7 Completed: 5
Ongoing: 2
C A A P C I T Y
U B L I D I N G
Peace Cafés
Number of Universities: 4
Executive members of Peace Cafés: 500 Funded initiatives under peace cafés: 14
Events organised: 50
Bangladesh Peace Builders Network: 700
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Training of Trainers on Facilitation Skills
Participants trained: 27
Women Entrepreneurship Training for Promoting Peace and Social Cohesion
Participants trained: 150
Online Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion Training
Participants trained: 150
Peace, Gender, Social Cohesion and Leadership
Participants trained: 35
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R E S P O N S E
Number of learners: 700
COVID-19 awareness Toolkit distributed: 400
47 academic institutes engaged 21 districts covered
300 Thousand social media reach
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R E U F G E E T S U D E I
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Number of Learners- 8448
Number of Trainings- 3
Number of Workshops- 360
Total Volunteers Engaged- 138
Total Webinars- 3
Short Courses- 3
Learners- 40
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A D V O
C A C Y
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T S
Online Discussion Series on Justice and Accountability
Policy Clinic towards inclusive policy responses during Covid-19 pandemic
Second Policy Clinic on the research "Voices from the Margins and Inclusive Policy Responses to
Covid-19 Pandemic"
CPJ Brac University, MOFA holds webinar on Advancing Peace
‘Beyond Refuge’ Summer School on Refugee Rights and Forced Migration
10th Asia Pro Bono Conference & Access to Justice Exchange “Advocacy for Justice and
Accountability for Rohingya”
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C P J U P
B L C I A T O I N S
Root causes of Toxic Othering:
Narratives of Bangladeshi and Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice after Cross- Border
Displacement: The Needs of Rohingya Refugees in
Bangladesh
Perceptions of Rohingya
Refugees:
Marriage and Social Justice After Cross- Border
Displacement
Views of Rohingya Refugees:
Engagement and Experiences with Humanitarian Agencies in Cox’s Bazar.
Covid-19 Livelihood Crisis, Social Cohesion
Challenges and Mitigation
Options
Op-eds Published:
13
Reports Published:
3
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P O
L I C Y
B R I E F S
া জেনর ক রঃ
বাংলােদেশ
কািভড - ১৯ সংকট মাকােবলায়
অ ভি মূলক নীিতমালা ণয়ন
Voices From The Margins Building
Evidence For Inclusive Policy Responses to Covid 19 in Bangladesh
Community Engagement in Protracted
Crises: Lessons from locally- Driven Research Approaches in Bangladesh
Views of Rohingya Refugees:
Engagement and
Experiences with
Humanitarian
Agencies in Cox’s
Bazar, Bangladesh
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A Crisis of Rape in
Bangladesh:
Opportunities for Faith
Engagement
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Y
B R I E F S
Perceptions of Rohingya
Refugees:
Marriage and Social Justice After Cross- Border
Displacement
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice after Cross- Border
Displacement: The Needs of Rohingya Refugees in
Bangladesh
Emerging Marketplace Dynamics in the Rohingya
Refugee Camps
of Cox’s Bazar,
Bangladesh
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Acknowledgment
Centre for Peace and Justice would like to acknowledge the contributions of:
