Activities at a glimpse:
* Human Rights and legal support
* Promoting gender and women issues
* Organizing cultural events
*Publication and Networking

Since 1986, SUS provides services for the socio-economic development of the people in Netrakona through different need-based activities. But field experience has shown us, that sustainable development can only be guaranteed if the people are able to access services that are provided by the government. SUS was developed itself as a response to the needs of the local community. The Bangladeshi culture continues to create barriers against women benefiting from the new legal rights and services accorded to them. Thus, we undertake different steps to inform women and raise awareness about their civil rights. Our program now provides group members with information on Muslim Family Law, Fundamental Rights from the constitution which commensurate with the universal "Declaration of Human Rights", inheritance law and land law.


Awareness Raising
People need to be organized and made aware about their political, economic and social rights. We operate our Advocacy and Publication Cell since January 1997 quarterly publicize the monthly magazine 'Somoyer Kotha' as the voice of the beneficiaries. A bi-monthly magazine called Kishoreeder Kotha (at present 'Kaishore') is published as a voice of the neglected and ignored adolescents since 1998. Our Cell started conducting different awareness raising activities on human rights and legal support, gender and women issues, culture and information from 2001 on. The SUS Cultural Team was formed for social mobilization. In Purbadhala Upazilla, we work in collaboration with Ain O Salish Kendra, Dhaka, on gender and social justice through popular theatre groups at field level. This is accompanied by advocacy work for the oppressed poor. We counsel different people's organizations at field level including Manobadhikar Sangrakkon Parishad (MSP), Manobadhikar Natya Parishad (MNP), female UP members forum, child forum, journalist forum, teachers forum and lawyer forum. Besides this, SUS offers trainings on gender, family law, child rights and promotes issue-based drama performances with a view to establish equal rights for men and women. Recently, HRLS started a project named "Initiative for a just and equitable society".


Gender
We emphasizes the need to transform gender relations by promoting gender equity in access and control over resources and household decision-making.