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RIB has in the past supported research among one of the most marginalized communities in Bangladesh, the Kawras or pig-farmers. From this research it was felt that pig-farmers existed in both Dalit and Indigenous communities, but none ever met each other nor shared different practices or situations with regard to the profession, this workshop was convened to:
(i) to know about pig rearing practices of different communities
(ii) To know more about the variety of feeding techniques, their cost, the profit and pig breeding technologies
(iii) To know more about the variety of pig farms and their links with the daily struggle of pig farmers

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,

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.

National Seminar On "The Needs of the Most Neglected Communities in Bangladesh: Are they reflected in national development policy and budget of the country?"

“There is always a time to make right what is wrong.”

From the 90s onward, one can notice the re emergence of a global discourse on poverty reduction. The Poverty Reduction Strategy papers (PRSP) and Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs) adopted by the Government of Bangladesh are indicative of this trend. Theoretically the poverty discourse has also evolved in recent years.