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Aid for Men Foundation (AMF)
About us
Throughout independent Bangladesh — in building society, in winning independence, and in every national crisis — men have always played the leading role and made the greatest sacrifices. From the Language Movement and the great Liberation War of 1971 to the democratic mass movements and the student-led mass uprising of 2024, in every historic chapter the men of this country have stood in the streets and given their lives.
Yet it is a painful truth that while the state needs only men's blood and back-breaking labour in the hour of sacrifice, men are constantly cornered and deprived when rights and privileges are distributed. In the present legal and social framework, only violence against women is publicised, and one-sidedly at that, while the brutal reality of violence against men and the legal void around it is kept entirely out of sight. Because of false cases, family harassment and the absence of legal safeguards, many men in our society today are forced to live destitute and cornered lives.
Men's historic contribution in national crises
- The Language Movement of 1952
- Every one of those who shed their blood on the streets to defend the dignity of the mother tongue — Rafiq, Barkat, Jabbar, Salam and others — was a man.
- The great Liberation War of 1971
- All seven recipients of the Bir Sreshtho, the highest honour of Bangladesh's independence, are men. More than 95% of those who fought on the front line, and of the martyred freedom fighters, were men.
- The democratic mass movements
- In every major political and democratic mass movement since independence — including those of Noor Hossain and Dr. Milon — the vast majority of those killed were men.
- The mass uprising of 2024
- According to the government gazette, of the 834 martyrs, 135 were children and 10–11 were women. Excluding women and children, nearly 98% of the martyrs were men.
The legal void, and the founding of the organisation
Although the country has specific and stringent laws to protect women, along with several state ministries and NGOs, there is no institutional arrangement — and no 'Ministry for Men's Affairs' — to provide legal and psychological support to men who are victims of abuse. Because of this institutional void, men who fall victim to false cases are shamed socially and face harassment of many kinds.
Breaking through the darkness of this extreme legal and social discrimination, the foundations of this organisation were laid from 2013–14 through the personal efforts of dedicated men's rights activists. After a long period of work at the grassroots, on 23 January 2020 it received formal legal recognition and registration under the Societies Registration Act from the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC), under the Ministry of Commerce of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh [Reg. No. S-13304/2020].
Our aims and objectives
Without any government or international financial support, and facing only the double standards of society and the system, the Aid for Men Foundation carries on its work tirelessly. Our core aims and scope of work are:
- Ensuring legal protection and human rights for men.
- Providing legal assistance to men who are victims of false and harassing litigation.
- Removing family and social discrimination to build a balanced, non-discriminatory society.
- Raising awareness about violence against men and about men's rights.
Aid for Men Foundation (AMF) — committed to building healthy family and social bonds founded on equality, justice and human dignity.