UNB, Dhaka :
Speakers at a high-level side event on ‘Multi- sectoral programme to address violence against women’ at the UN have underscored the need for coordinated efforts both nationally and internationally to stop violence against women.
The side event was organised by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN on Thursday on the occasion of the ongoing 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN, according to a message received here on Friday from New York.
The main focus of the CSW session is to assess the progress on the implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 and current challenges that affect its implementation and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, Permanent Secretary of Women Affairs Ministry of Zimbabwe Dr Perpetua Gumbo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark Erik Laursen, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the UN-Women Roberta Clarke and global gender equality advisor of Plan International Sarah Hendriks were present at the event as panelists.
Participated by the representatives of government agencies of various countries, women’s rights groups, NGO’s, media personnel and elected representatives, the event was moderated by the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Dr AK Abdul Momen.
The State Minister said violence against women is a common phenomenon across the world and it had been creating devastating consequences on the victims, their families and societies and impeding the potentiality of the society and the world as a whole.
Elaborating the multi-sectoral initiatives taken by the Bangladesh government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she said one-stop crisis centre at medical college hospitals, crisis cell at upazila health complexes, DNA profiling laboratory, trauma counseling centre and helpline centre at national level have been playing a great role to prevent violence against women in Bangladesh.
These initiatives were supported by laws and rules including the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, Meher Afroze said adding that a 12 years national action plan was formulated to prevent violence against women and children.
Speakers at a high-level side event on ‘Multi- sectoral programme to address violence against women’ at the UN have underscored the need for coordinated efforts both nationally and internationally to stop violence against women.
The side event was organised by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN on Thursday on the occasion of the ongoing 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN, according to a message received here on Friday from New York.
The main focus of the CSW session is to assess the progress on the implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 and current challenges that affect its implementation and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, Permanent Secretary of Women Affairs Ministry of Zimbabwe Dr Perpetua Gumbo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark Erik Laursen, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the UN-Women Roberta Clarke and global gender equality advisor of Plan International Sarah Hendriks were present at the event as panelists.
Participated by the representatives of government agencies of various countries, women’s rights groups, NGO’s, media personnel and elected representatives, the event was moderated by the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Dr AK Abdul Momen.
The State Minister said violence against women is a common phenomenon across the world and it had been creating devastating consequences on the victims, their families and societies and impeding the potentiality of the society and the world as a whole.
Elaborating the multi-sectoral initiatives taken by the Bangladesh government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she said one-stop crisis centre at medical college hospitals, crisis cell at upazila health complexes, DNA profiling laboratory, trauma counseling centre and helpline centre at national level have been playing a great role to prevent violence against women in Bangladesh.
These initiatives were supported by laws and rules including the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, Meher Afroze said adding that a 12 years national action plan was formulated to prevent violence against women and children.
