GAIBANDHA, FEB 15, 2021 (BSS) – Speakers at a function here today
underscored the need for halting all sorts of repression and violence against
women as well as children to ensure a gender-balanced and equity-based
society.
All should come forward to forge social resistance against the violence
against women and children, they opined.
They came up with the comments while addressing an advocacy session on the
prevention of violence against women including children on the premises of
Char Chowmohon Government Primary School under Fulchhari Upazila in the
district this afternoon.
Friendship, a non-government voluntary organisation, organised the
function under Inclusive Citizenship Sector funded by Friendship Luxembourg
and ERIKS Development Partner.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Muhammad Towhidul Islam attended the function
and addressed it as the chief guest.
Regional manager of the project Md. Nayeem Kamran, regional coordinator
Zahid Anwar also spoke at the function, among others, while local union
parishad chairman Md. Azizur Rahman presided over the ceremony.
The speakers said building social awareness among the community people,
especially among parents and teachers, has become an urgent need for
prevention of child marriage and dowry for substantial and sustainable
reduction of violence against women. SP Muhammad Towhidul Islam said the
government alone as well as any single organization is not capable to free
the womenfolk from violence and repression, so community participation is
very important in this regard.
A write up composed by founder and executive director of Friendship Runa
Khan, was also read out in the function.
In the write up the founder and executive director of Friendship said due
to various grounds including lack of education and good communication system
and other facilities the char dwellers are in backward position and pass
their days facing more hardships and difficulties.
A large number of Char women, adolescents, public representatives, local
elite and newsmen participated in the function.