RANGPUR, Feb 25, 2020 (BSS) – Creating awareness among the students
about consequences of child marriage, dowry and repression on women and
children have become imperative to eliminate these social curses.
Officials and experts expressed the view at an awareness raising
campaign on prevention of child marriage, dowry and repression on women held
at Sadar union parishad premises in Pirgachha upazila of the district on
Monday afternoon.
Pirgachha Upazila Child Marriage Prevention Committee organised the
event with assistance of the Upazila Governance and Development Project of
the Local Government Division under financial support of Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Presided over by Pirgachha Upazila Nirbahi Officer Jasmine Prodhan,
students, guardians, teachers, marriage registrars, Imams, civil society
members, chairmen of different union parishads and local elite attended the
event.
Deputy Director (Local Government) for Rangpur Syed Farhad Hossain
attended the event as the chief guest.
Pirgachha upazila Chairman Shah Md. Mahbubar Rahman, Upazila Health and
Family Planning Officer Dr. Abu Al Hajjaj, JICA Representative Nahid Sultana,
Upazila Women Affairs Officer Seloara Begum and Pirgachha Sadar union
Chairman Mostafizar Rahman Reza addressed as special guests.
Dr. Hajjaj discussed the severe consequences of early marriage that
leads premature girls to shattered lives hindering their education,
destroying future and causing neonatal, maternal and child deaths.
Seloara Begum suggested for involving the students, officials, public
representatives, religious leaders, marriage registrars and journalists for
proper implementation of the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017.
The chief guest urged the teachers and guardians to make the students
conscious and educate them on reproductive health for preventing child
marriage of premature girls to flourish their talent and leadership for
building a happier and prosperous society.