William Nokrek

William belongs to the Garo Indigenous peoples of Bangladesh and works as the Asia Pacific Coordinator for the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) Pax Romana. From 2017 to April 2019 he served as the President of the Bangladesh Indigenous Students Action Forum (BISAF), which represents the Students’ wing of the Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF). As an active student leader, he was an organiser of the youth movement for Indigenous rights and Social Justice and worked to condemn and stop human rights violations. He served as Chief Coordinator at Adivasi Quota Sangrakkhan Parishad in 2018, the platform that he set up with the Indigenous student leaders to restore the Indigenous quota in civil services after it was abolished by the Bangladesh government. He is currently involved in launching the training program, which aims at fighting climate injustice in Indigenous communities in Asia. He is also involved in setting up the “International Youth Training Centre (IYTC) of IMCS in Chiang, Thailand to provide a conducive environment for students of all ages for capacity building and empowerment for the social transformation for a peaceful, just, inclusive and a green world.