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South Asia Social Forum Bangladesh is a process of World Social Forum. The event was initially planned by the WSF International Expansion Committee (IEC) in its Morocco meeting to focus on Democracy. The process of organizing the event in Bangladesh is carried out by the collective initiative of individuals and organizations. The initiators of the process have a common ground of opposing the neoclassical constructions of inequality, discrimination, violence and violations embodied in capitalism. The process of organizing the South Asia Social Forum in Bangladesh is taken ahead by an open body. All the individuals and organizations participating in the process of preparation are considered as members of this open body. The body involves members from Bangladesh and other South Asian nations and states. Anyone who participates in the on-going preparatory process, in meetings organized by Organization committee or self organized preparation activities and upholds the WSF Charter of Principles is automatically considered as an organizing member.

The main theme for the South Asia Social Forum Bangladesh was set "Democracy for Social Transformation in South Asia: Participation, Equity, Justice and Peace". The sub-themes are clustered as following:

Democracy and People’s Participation: Democracy, decentralization, corruption, demilitarization.
Human Rights and Dignity : Fundamental rights, child rights, women rights, labor rights, rights of indigenous people.
Privatization vs Public Services : Education, people’s health (Public Heath Care, HIV/AIDS.), water rights, knowledge technology and people’s entitlement.
Food Sovereignty & Livelihood Security : Farmers’ rights, corporate agriculture, food rights, hunger. land rights, natural resource: (forest, water & mineral resources).
Development Finance : People’s globalization vs IFIs, aid accountability, corporate accountability, trade justice.
Regional and Trans-boundary Concerns : Climate justice, regional cooperation,  peace and security (religious fundamentalism, cast, class and ethnicity), migration and trafficking, water sharing.