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LGED-UNFPA-AGREEMENT
Deal signed to implement gender based violence component
DHAKA, Nov 12, 2019 (BSS) – The Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Bangladesh has signed an agreement to implement the Gender Based Violence component of the World Bank funded “Emergency Multi-sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project (EMCRP).”
The EMCRP aims to improve socio-economic and disaster resilience as well as improving basic facilities and community services in the affected areas, said a press release.
The Gender Based Violence component of EMCRP is estimated at $8 million out of the overall project of $165 million.
The EMCRP will provide Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response services to women and men living in the Rohingya camps and the immediate host communities.
The release said project interventions will have a special focus on young people, both boys and girls, to empower them and improve their skills.
Eiko Narita, the Officer-in-Charge of UNFPA, said this project speaks not only to the importance of addressing GBV, but also to the importance of harnessing the potential of young people in supporting local development.
At the signing ceremony held at the LGED, Swarna Kazi, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist and Task Team Leader of EMCRP, congratulated the government of Bangladesh and UNFPA Bangladesh for the synergistic relations that ensured a smooth process in the development of this project.
She noted that the LGED has a strong role to play in preventing and responding to GBV in all their structural interventions and the EMCRP is a step in the right direction to achieve this goal.
The Chief Engineer of LGED, Khalilur Rahman said he was delighted to sign this agreement with UNFPA adding that the LGED is open to trying new and innovative ideas to strengthen local development for the betterment of women and girls.
Senior Officials from the LGED, the UNFPA and the World Bank were present, among others, at the signing ceremony.
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