Think tank

ActionAid International Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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To achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication by working with people living in poverty and exclusion, their communities, people’s organisations, activities, social movements and supporters.

Contact details

Website:
https://actionaidbd.org/

Address:
House SE(C) 5/B (old 8), Road, 136, Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Country:
Bangladesh

Sub-region:
Southern Asia

Areas of focus

Topics of research
Children Education Environment/Natural resources/ Energy Food/Agriculture Gender Governance/Transparency Health Law/Justice/Human rights Social policy
Geographics of focus
Bangladesh
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
Independent
Year founded
1983
Age (years)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 40
Bangladesh average
 29
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: ActionAid International
Founder gender: Other entities
Leadership
Leader(s) (2022): N/A
Leader gender: N/A Leader(s) (2021): N/A Leader(s) (2020): N/A
Staff size
2019
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 227
Bangladesh average
 334
Global average
 122
% Female staff
2019
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 41%
Bangladesh average
 41%
Global average
 43%

Social

Facebook
Likes (2022)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 72,351
Bangladesh average
 30,997
Global average
 32,612
Likes (2021)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 71,996
Likes (2019)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 139,487
Twitter
Followers (2022)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 21,181
Bangladesh average
 6,572
Global average
 19,172
Followers (2021)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 20,406
Followers (2019)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 178,000
YouTube
Subscribers (2022)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 1,360
Bangladesh average
 923
Global average
 5,588
Subscribers (2021)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 1,070
Subscribers (2019)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 573
Instagram
Followers (2022)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 441
Bangladesh average
 877
Global average
 14,557
Followers (2021)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 371
Followers (2019)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 251
LinkedIn
Followers (2022)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 9,596
Bangladesh average
 11,498
Global average
 16,259
Followers (2019)
ActionAid International Bangladesh
 2,739

Data notes

Last updated: 08/06/2021
Boundary organization (find out more): Yes
Rating of data accuracy (find out more): Authenticated
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website, Organisation's social media accounts, Think tank list
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