Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
The National Day of the Daughter Child was observed in Kishoreganj on Monday in a befiting manner with the call of ensuring equal nights to the girl to make them equally worthy citizens for attaining substantial and sustainable national uplift department of Women Affairs including NGO’s arrange colourfull rally discussion meeting, check distribution marking the day.
Deputy Director of Women Affairs Md. Mamunur Rashid chaired the programme.
It was addressed among others by ADC (General) Abdullah al Masud (as special guest), Monsurazzaman Natun, Khaleda Islam, CAB President Alam Sarowar Tito, District Press Club President Mostafa Kamal and Bilkis Begum.
Later a colourfull rally brought out in the town marking the day.
BSS from Rajshahi reports: The National Day of the Daughters Child was observed here like other parts of the country today in a befitting manner with the call of ensuring equal rights to the girl child to make them equally worthy citizens for attaining substantial and sustainable national uplift.
District administration and Department of Women Affairs in association with various others government and non-government development organisations including educational institutions organized a bicycle rally for the schoolgirls and discussion meeting.
Chaired by Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque, the meeting held at the collectorate building premises was addressed, among others, by Additional District Magistrate Nazrul Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Shariful Haque, Deputy Director of Department of Women Affairs Shirin Sobnam and District Children Affairs Officer Monzur Kader.
They unanimously stressed the need for ensuring education, health care, equal rights, safety and security for every girl child besides stopping child marriage and all sorts of violence against them.
DC Hamidul Haque said children particularly the girls living in the slums should not be allowed to beg on the streets.
Ensuring safety and security for girls through combating all sorts of violence especially sexual harassment against them is very important for the girls to become worthy citizens.
Sexual harassment restricts girl’s rights to education, rights to mobility, rights to freedom and rights to life.
Terming child marriage as the major violence and gross violation of human rights, he said there is no alternative to prevent the child marriages.
Community support is very important to attain the cherished goal, he added.
BSS from Rangpur adds: Speakers at a human chain on Monday raised their voices to ensure equal rights of girl children for their normal growth for achieving the target of sustainable national development goals (SDGs).
Government officials and rights activists expressed the view at a human chain programme arranged in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Katchari Bazar zero point in the city to observe the National Girl Child Day- 2019.
The district administration and office of the Deputy Director of District Department of Women Affairs in association with different women rights and non-governmental organisations formed the human chain programme.
Deputy Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan addressed the programme as the chief guest with Deputy Director of the District Department of Women Affairs Kawsar Pervin in the chair.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Syed Enamul Kabir, District Children Affairs Officer Imran Mian, human and women rights activists Somse Ara Bilkis, students Anjuman Ara, Sonali Roy, Julia Islam, Kamrunnahar Begum, among others, addressed the programme.
The speakers said achievements of Bangladesh in different key sectors including education, health care and stopping early marriages, were lauded globally.
They laid importance on creating mass public awareness to ensure equal rights of girl children for their normal growth by eliminating child marriage through providing education, healthcare service and other basic needs.
