About Steps
Steps Towards Development (Steps) is a national NGO working since 1993 with the mandate of the promotion and protection of gender equality, human rights and good governance. Steps strives to create a better society through eliminating all discriminations between women and men that exist in policy, law, institution, society and culture. Through this process, Steps links field experience and learning with policy level. Steps works with a gender equality and right based approach. With around three decades of persistent efforts in strengthening the women’s rights movement in the country, Steps has earned Steps recognition of a leading gender and rights-based organization in Bangladesh. Steps wants to gradually replicate its mission-vision and stories of success in other parts of Bangladesh and thus establish human rights, especially women human rights as well as equality and equity for all.
Steps domains of work
Steps Towards Development (Steps) is a leading multi-disciplinary national organization of Bangladesh with specialization in program and project implementation, qualitative and quantitative research, capacity building, mentoring and coaching, awareness campaign and policy advocacy, IEC and BCC materials development (Audio-Visual and Printing) etc. Steps has working experience with different ministries and institutions of Government of Bangladesh, UN bodies, national and international organizations for more than 28 years. The organization has a good number of in-house professional staff members to undertake these activities with perfection within a scheduled time and guideline. Steps also has well-trained field level experienced staff and social volunteers (including youth and students) and facilitators to implement any project or assignment effectively with quality. In addition, it has a pool of highly qualified senior professionals from various disciplines; many of them are working for more than 20 years with Steps.
Steps Vision
The vision of Steps Towards Development is a democratic society that:
- Provides equal opportunities and benefits to men and women;
- is characterized by good governance, justice and respect for human rights;
- eliminates discrimination and patriarchy;
- is educated and poverty free, and preserves social and human values
Steps Mission
Steps’ mission is to strengthen equitable and inclusive development process and enhance gender equality, to protect the human rights of women, girls and marginalised groups for responsive governance and services.
