| dc.description.abstract | Bangladesh, one of the developing countries in the world, hosts an estimated population of 173
million, of which 33.7 percent are reported as living below the national poverty line. Apart from
evident deficiencies in food, housing, health care, education and job opportunities, endemic
poverty of millions of Bangladeshis is manifest in the denial of their lack of access to institutions
established for the enforcement of those rights. People who are poor, weak and disadvantaged and
more particularly women, face innumerable obstacles in accessing justice from the more formal
state organs, which are plagued by corruption, delays, complicated procedures, exorbitant costs
and class biases. In the circumstances, the common people to resolve their problems and disputes
at the community or local level in an informal way. In legal circles this popularly known as
alternative dispute resolution or simply ADR. This article discuss about ADR. | en_US |
