City Desk :
Speakers at an award-giving ceremony mentioned that ensuring safe school for girls could be the vital means of transforming the girl students into worthy citizens besides boosting women empowerment and leadership.To this end, all concerned including parents, teachers and members of school managing committee should put in their level best efforts.
The concerted efforts will supplement the national work plan 2013-2025 for combating violence against women and children and achieving the sustainable development goals- 2030, they added.
The Hunger Project Bangladesh (THPB) organized the ceremony yesterday at Charghat Upazila Complex premises in association with Her Choice Programme and Safe School for Girls Campaign.
On the occasion, Khordagovindapur High School and Roypur High School were given initiative award- 2016 for their laudable contribution towards ensuring safe space for girl students.
Earlier on, a total of eight schools in Sardaha and Vayaluxmipur Union Parishads under the Charghat upazila were brought under a year-round observation for the award.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashraful Islam, Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Saiful Ferdous, Assistant Education Officer Abul Kalam Azad and THPB Area Coordinator Subrata Kumar Paul spoke on the occasion.
The discussants viewed ensuring safe schools for the girls through combating all sorts of violence especially sexual harassment against them is a very vital for boosting skilled human resources coupled with women empowerment.
Sexual harassment restricts girls’ rights to education, rights to mobility and rights to freedom. So, the social crime must be uprooted through forging social movement.
Gender-sensitive social mindset can help establishing rights of the adolescents through reducing violence and repression against them.
During his concept paper presentation, Subrata Paul, highlighted the aims and objectives of the event and sought cooperation of all quarters on how to establish equal economic opportunity and justice to girls. “We need to establish social networks and alliances involving government and non-government organisations, community people, civil society and media to reach the cherished goal,” said UNO Ashraful Islam.
Speakers at an award-giving ceremony mentioned that ensuring safe school for girls could be the vital means of transforming the girl students into worthy citizens besides boosting women empowerment and leadership.To this end, all concerned including parents, teachers and members of school managing committee should put in their level best efforts.
The concerted efforts will supplement the national work plan 2013-2025 for combating violence against women and children and achieving the sustainable development goals- 2030, they added.
The Hunger Project Bangladesh (THPB) organized the ceremony yesterday at Charghat Upazila Complex premises in association with Her Choice Programme and Safe School for Girls Campaign.
On the occasion, Khordagovindapur High School and Roypur High School were given initiative award- 2016 for their laudable contribution towards ensuring safe space for girl students.
Earlier on, a total of eight schools in Sardaha and Vayaluxmipur Union Parishads under the Charghat upazila were brought under a year-round observation for the award.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashraful Islam, Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Saiful Ferdous, Assistant Education Officer Abul Kalam Azad and THPB Area Coordinator Subrata Kumar Paul spoke on the occasion.
The discussants viewed ensuring safe schools for the girls through combating all sorts of violence especially sexual harassment against them is a very vital for boosting skilled human resources coupled with women empowerment.
Sexual harassment restricts girls’ rights to education, rights to mobility and rights to freedom. So, the social crime must be uprooted through forging social movement.
Gender-sensitive social mindset can help establishing rights of the adolescents through reducing violence and repression against them.
During his concept paper presentation, Subrata Paul, highlighted the aims and objectives of the event and sought cooperation of all quarters on how to establish equal economic opportunity and justice to girls. “We need to establish social networks and alliances involving government and non-government organisations, community people, civil society and media to reach the cherished goal,” said UNO Ashraful Islam.
