UNB, Dhaka :
A two-day regional conference, titled ‘South Asia Regional Conference on Gender, Rights and Choices: Access to Justice in a Megacity’ began on Monday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban at the University of Dhaka.
The conference is being jointly organised by the SHOKHI project (led by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, with Marie Stopes Bangladesh, Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition, and the We Can Alliance to End Violence against Women) and the University of Dhaka, Faculty of Law, with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dhaka. Conference aims to share experiences about systems and processes for ensuring access to justice in megacities, particularly on gender-based violence, and to understand how multi-sectoral interventions on healthcare, social security, community solidarity building,
livelihood and shelter can increase access to justice. The conference will also help build cross-regional learning, on technological innovations to strengthen access to justice and health, and successes in challenging or changing gender-discriminatory laws and practices. Running on March 19-20, the conference has brought together lawyers, health practitioners, researchers, government officials, IT experts, service providers, paralegals, community health workers, community leaders and activists. Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chancellor, University of Dhaka was present as the Chief Guest and H.E. Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the Guest of Honour in the opening session.
A two-day regional conference, titled ‘South Asia Regional Conference on Gender, Rights and Choices: Access to Justice in a Megacity’ began on Monday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban at the University of Dhaka.
The conference is being jointly organised by the SHOKHI project (led by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, with Marie Stopes Bangladesh, Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition, and the We Can Alliance to End Violence against Women) and the University of Dhaka, Faculty of Law, with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dhaka. Conference aims to share experiences about systems and processes for ensuring access to justice in megacities, particularly on gender-based violence, and to understand how multi-sectoral interventions on healthcare, social security, community solidarity building,
livelihood and shelter can increase access to justice. The conference will also help build cross-regional learning, on technological innovations to strengthen access to justice and health, and successes in challenging or changing gender-discriminatory laws and practices. Running on March 19-20, the conference has brought together lawyers, health practitioners, researchers, government officials, IT experts, service providers, paralegals, community health workers, community leaders and activists. Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chancellor, University of Dhaka was present as the Chief Guest and H.E. Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the Guest of Honour in the opening session.
