La Via Campesina- Bangladesh

La Via Campesina- Bangladesh This page contains regular updates from member organizations of La Via Campesina from Bangladesh namely- BKF, BKS and BAS.

Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF) is the contact organization of Via Campesina South Asia in Bangladesh. BKF is the largest rural based peasant movement in the country, was established in 1976. Since its inception it has been actively involved in land occupation struggles in a very systematic way. From 1977 until 1991 BKF conducted various types of struggle and movements e.g. hunger strikes, sit

-in strikes, public meeting, the encirclement of the local administrative offices, demonstrations, and road blocks. Through different agitational programmes, The BKF has been able to compel local government officials, at different times to make commitments about the distribution of land amongst landless men and women. Since 1977, the land occupation movement has continued, and so far, under the leadership of the BKF, the landless people have been able to occupy 76,600 acres of khas (Fallow) land, across Bangladesh. BKF defends women's emancipation and officially committed to cooperating with the struggle of women.

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