The motto of International Human Rights Day is to ensure rights of all people including women, children and persons with disabilities. 10% of the total population of Bangladesh is person with disabilities, yet they are deprived from their right to access all the public spaces. Public spaces including parks and playgrounds are not inclusive. It has a negative impact upon their physical and mental health. To ensure universal accessibility, it is important to work from individual and national level.  On 10^th December, 2016, 3.30 PM, Work for a Better Bangladesh trust organized a leaflet campaign to celebrate World Human Rights Day at Rabindra Sharobar, Dhanmondi Lake and speakers spoke the above mentioned speech there.   

Speakers said that, this year the theme of the day is “Stand up for Someone's Rights Today”.  To bring the persons with disabilities in the main stream development process, it is essential to ensure their accessibility in all public spaces. Recreation has a great effect on human life. Besides education and employment, it is essential to ensure recreation for persons with disabilities to ensure physical and mental welfare. As accessibility is not ensured they are being deprived from their basic human rights. Universal accessibility can make their life smoother. To ensure the rights of persons with disabilities, it is important to work in coordination.

The campaign was presided by Gaous Pearee, Director, Work for a Better Bangladesh trust. Speakers of the program were Naznin Kabir, Deputy Program Manager, Talukder Rifat Pasha, Shanjida Akter, Bishwajit Biswash, Md Shamimjahan, Asst Project officer, Work for a Better Bangladesh trust and many more.