Our Vision

Vision:

‘Empower women, youths and adolescents to achieve gender equality and social justice within family and society.’

Mission:

CWFD is a non-political, non-profit voluntary organization run by women of Bangladesh to support, promote and protect the interest of women in Bangladesh. This is done by providing community based health care, empowering community to exercise their rights to eliminate social injustice, creating economic opportunities, empowering under-privileged youth of urban and rural populations and develop human resources for a positive social change.

CWFD Core Values:

Respect: CWFD affirms the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff.
Inclusiveness: CWFD embraces and nurtures diversity and believes everyone can contribute regardless of visible and invisible differences.
Commitment: CWFD commits to working together effectively and efficiently to serve the bigger community.
Honesty: CWFD works with honesty and truthfulness. CWFD’s actions are transparent and open in their daily activities.
Empowerment:  CWFD supports the empowerment of people.
Sustainability:  CWFD is committed to the sustainable impact of its programs for future generations.
Well-being of women is the fundamental value in all decision making and in actions.
Human approach
Ensure quality of service
Team spirit / teamwork
Flexibility and adaptability

Capability statement of CWFD

  • CWFD is a women focus, women led organization
  • General members and members of the Governing Body are all women from different strata of life
  • With the strategy of “for the women, of the women and by the women” CWFD started its activity in 1976
  • Our tag line is “because women matter”
  • CWFD developed a service delivery model of face to face communication, one to one approach on reproductive health care counselling and door to door service of family planning through female field workers to suit the then social environment. which was followed by other NGOs
  • CWFD has a long history of working closely with the community, understand their need and provide services accordingly
  • After initial years of working with the women CWFD realized that decision about controlling own fertility is one step forward for women’s emancipation but much more needed to be done
  • Gradually CWFD initiated other activities like raise awareness on gender biased discrimination, preventing domestic violence, creating economic opportunity, entrepreneurship development , leadership development
  • Realizing the fact that for long term and sustainable impact depends on educating the huge adolescent population of Bangladesh. Again CWFD remain at the leading edge in developing innovative model for adolescent program for making a positive change in attitude and values and develop self-esteem
  • Experience of working with Government of Bangladesh closely and thereby main streaming the program developed.
  • Changing health seeking behavior and create a sustainable service delivery system through community volunteer who become entrepreneur themselves
  • Multi donor fund management along with multi programme.