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Bangladesh Student Christian Movement

2009 February-March

SCM Bangladesh holds 20th Central Assembly
and Women’s Assembly

‘Equipping Leaders as Movement Instruments towards Transformation’- with this theme Bangladesh SCM has successfully organized 20th Central Assembly followed by the Women’s Assembly from 25 February to 01 March 2009 at Caritas Bangladesh, Dhaka.

The objectives of the Assembly were aim to make realization of SCM understandings, trends and perspectives of broader relation; to identify creative thrust and enhance the leadership capacity of the participants; and to develop way forward steps based on the lessons learnt from the workshops.

Forty seven (47) participants including students, senior friends, ex central leader, Advisor and patron enlightened the workshop with their enthusiastic and valuable participation. 29 official delegates also attended the Central Assembly.

The central assembly was followed by the Central Women’s Assembly on 1st March. This was the historic assembly for Bangladesh SCM where women members have come forward to take central leadership position and now 60% are women leaders in the central committee.

The Central Assembly and Women’s Assembly elected the following officers for the year 2009-2010:

Central Women’s Committee
National Women’s Coordinator: Ms. Mani Clara Mondol
Committee Members: Ms. Jessica Biswas Borna, Ms. Jui Flora D’Costa, Ms. Samoly Baidya, Ms. Sutopa Toma Singha, Ms. Sonia Sarker and Ms. Peu Mohona Biswas

Central Executive Committee
Chairperson: Mr. Alison Subrata Baroi (SF)
2 Vice Chairpersons: Mr. Liton Chatterjee (SF); Ms. Mily Gosh (S)
General Secretary: Mr. Godfrey Rathin Sarkar (SF)
Assistant General Secretary: Mr. Arun Sardar (S)
Treasurer: Ms. Monika Biswas (S)
Student Secretary: Mr. Milton Mondal (S)

2004 November

16th Central Assembly 2004

The 16th Assembly was held from 4-6 November at the Caritas training center, Dhaka. 56 delegates from different units including the Central Executive Members participated at the Assembly. The house announced affiliation of a new unit named “Kustia”. The new Central Executive Committee for the term 2004-2006 is as follows:

Chairperson:
Martin Biswas (Senior friend)

1st Vice Chairperson:
Liton Chattarjee (Senior friend)

2nd Vice Chairperson:
Monika Biswas (Student)

General Secretary:
Prince Sanjay Saha (Student)

Assistant General Secretary:
Prince Sumon Mojumdar (Student)

Treasurer:
Bartin Gomes (Student)

Student Secretary:
Prince Goshami (Student)

Members:
Falguni Saha (Student)
Sima Rozario (Student)
Topy Baroi (Student)
Nuku Shila Baroi (Student) Bina Ballav (Student)
Daisy Roy (Student)
Polash Rony Mondol (Student)
Rintu Sarkar (Student)
Tamal Saha (Student)
Badhon Koraya (Student)

The new Central Women’s sub-committee of 7 members was formed and will be initiating and implementing women programmes for the term 2004-2006.

The new committee is as follows:

Daisy Roy (Coordinator) Nupur Barrel (Member)
Clara Bipasha Saha (Member)
Sonali Pandy (Member)
Smriti D’Cruz (Member)
Sandra Eka Bar (Member)
Ishita Gomes (Member)

2003 May-August

SCM house: Women students hostel project

There are many women members of SCM in the many districts of Bangladesh who are interested to go to Dhaka to pursue their higher studies but do not have any shelter or a safe and secured place to live hence the parents of those students are afraid of sending their daughters to live alone in the capital. As a result those women lose the chance of pursuing their higher studies in the reputed colleges and universities though they have the capability and ability. Steps have been taken from Bangladesh SCM to support those women members with accommodation and other logistics—a house has been hired to accommodate 6 women for the first time. From the month of July the “SCM House” has been started with 5 SCM women members, and the plan for the following year is to develop the SCM House and provide support to more women members from various parts of the country.

2003 February-March

Women’s Conference

The women’s sub-committee arranged a one-day women’s conference on 11 February at the RRC Training and Resource Centre in Jessore.15 women delegates participated in the conference and the delegates developed a new women’s sub-committee with Ms. Monica Biswas as the new women’s coordinator. Monica was also Bangladesh SCM official delegate to WSCF AP’s Women Doing Theology Workshop in the Philippines held in March 2003. 

2003 February

Leadership Workshop

A three-day leadership workshop with the theme “The Ecumenical Vision and Today’s SCM” was held from 11-14 February at the RRC Training and Resource Centre in Jessore. 56 participants from different units of Bangladesh SCM participated in the programme. The programme focused mainly on training second-line leaders. Sessions included Bible Studies and on ecumenism, globalisation, organisational management and history of SCM and WSCF. Ms. Edwina Hunter, Mr. Iqbal Alam Khan, the Deputy director of Proshika, and Mr. David A. Das were the resource persons for this workshop.