Brotee Samaj Kalyan Sangstha
A training workshop titled ‘Law, Human Rights and Gender’ organised by Brotee Samaj Kalyan Sangstha (BSKS) under its project ‘Protecting the Vulnerable through Community Legal Services’ for its panel lawyers under the Community Legal Services (CLS) programme was held in DASCOH Training Centre in Rajshahi. In the workshop the speakers said that gender disparity-free society needed to establish rights of the women litigants. They viewed that the professional lawyers should take the responsibility of highlighting the gender-sensitive issues as their works could be an effective tool of eliminating the existing barriers to establishing gender parity. Zero tolerance against all sorts of violence and repression against women are very important for establishing their human rights and dignity in society and gender parity has become an urgent need to this end. Main thrust of the training was to sensitizing them of how to establish the fundamental rights of women litigants. The event was addressed, among others, by President of Advocate Bar Association Nazmus Saadat, Regional Coordinator and Legal Advocacy Officer of BSKS Advocate Ashique Iqbal, Training and Communication Coordinator Razendra Kumar Das and Legal Officers Rakseng Mankin & Mina Afroz.
Islamic Foundation
Various motivational and awareness programme against anti militancy and terrorism organised by Islamic Foundation, Mymensingh were held yesterday in different parts of the district in order to establish peace and progress in the society. The foundation conducted motivational programme on child marriage, dowry, child and women trafficking, women repression, drug abuse reproductive health, primary health care, environment and sanitation.
It also conducted child and mosques-based mass education in the district. The programme has been running in 1,647 mass education centers at all 13 upazilas of the district. Besides 13 model and 31 general resource centres have been providing training to the Imams.
