RAJSHAHI, June 6 (BSS): Gender-sensitive media reporting can help establish rights of the schoolgirls through reducing violence and repression against them, speakers at a discussion said here Saturday.
They said the working journalists need to play a major role filing gender-sensitive reports in the process of eliminating sexual harassment against girls as the objective reporting could be the effective means of eliminating existing barriers for establishing gender parity.
They were addressing a gender training programme for the journalists. "Meyeder Janya Nirapad Nagarikatwa" of BRAC organised the programme under its Gender Justice and Diversity project to formulate a set of recommendations on how to expedite the work for combating sexual harassment against the schoolgirls.
The training styled "Raise voice to eliminate sexual harassment against schoolgirls" held at BRAC Learning Center in the city.
Main thrust of the training was to sensitise and inspire media professionals on gender and women right issues to contribute in writing reports and features and to disseminate information on gender and women right issues. Senior Sector Specialist Jhorna Rani Das, Senior Gender Trainer Bipasha Rahman, Sector Specialist Firoj Kabir and Junior Sector Specialist Ruhul Amin conducted different sessions of the training as resource persons.
Ensuring safe citizenship for girls through combating all sorts of violence especially sexual harassment against them has become an urgent need for boosting women empowerment.
They viewed that sexual harassment at public places restricts girls rights to education, rights to mobility, rights to freedom and rights to life. So, the social crime must be averted through forging social movement.
Gender-sensitive social mindset can help establish rights of the adolescents through reducing violence and repression against them.
Social commitment alongside forging resistance has become indispensable to combat sexual harassment against the schoolgirls.
They said public representatives, parents, civil society members, community and media people should raise voice and work together for preventing sexual harassment. Media people should raise voice and work together for preventing sexual harassment.
