Much of RIB’s research has had gender as a crosscutting theme, some more directly than others. At the same time women’s labor and her dignity and place in society has been the focus of attention of specific communities. On the joint occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March) as well as UN Anti Racism Day (21st March), RIB organized a follow-up activity involving the findings of four past research Women from four communities, namely, the Rishi (or untouchable) community from Shatkhira,
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RIB in the past had experimented with using interactive theatre as a tool for awareness-raising among the marginalized. More recently in January 2008, a three month long workshop was conducted by researcher Nishan Saber with the Santals, an adivasi (indigenous) community inhabiting north-western Bangladesh. The project lead to the formation of a Santal theatre group who won much accolade in the locality on its performances on issues that concerned the daily struggle of the Santals.