Badarganj students commit for eradicating child marriage

RANGPUR, Sept 5 (BSS): Over 300 male and female students of Dhukdhukirhat High School under Badarganj upazila have committed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and sexual harassment from the upazila.
They took the vow at the quiz and essay writing competitions on 'Prevention of Child Marriage and Sexual Harassment' organised by BRAC under its Social Empowerment Programme on the school premises recently.
With Chairman of the School Governing Committee Tobarak Hossain in the chair, Chairman of local Damodarpur union parishad Azizul Haque attended prize distribution ceremony of the competitions and distributed prizes as the chief guest.
Headmaster of Dhukdhukirhat High School Nur Hossain Sarker, Senior District Manager of BRAC Sajjad Uzzaman Chowdhury, its officials Shahidul Islam, Rafikul Alam and Jhalo Rani, addressed among others.
More than 1,000 guardians and parents of the area along with the local public representatives, NGO activists, civil society members, community leaders, Imams, Purohits, Marriage Registrars, common men and women of the area were present.