Govt to enact law to check sexual harassments
Thursday, 11 November 2010
FE Report
The state minister for women and children affairs Wednesday said the government will introduce a separate law to check sexual harassments in educational institutions and work places to ensure security of women in the society.
Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury also urged all to focus on gender equality for ensuring the country's economic development.
She said these in a policy dialogue on 'Gender and Gender Sensitive Reporting' at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU). Women Affairs Department, DRU and UNFPA jointly arranged the programme under a project on 'Development of women and men equality, and women empowerment'. There were three working sessions at the dialogue.
Ms Chowdhury said the government has introduced different strategies to check women repression and support the victims.
"There are one-stop crisis centres across the country to help the repressed women with medical facilities and build awareness against repression," she said.
She underscored the need for integrated efforts of the society and media to eliminate gender imbalance, and urged the media to publish news on women repression and follow-up the events.
Acting secretary Tariq-ul-Islam, project director Dr Niazuddin Al-Hossaini, UNFPA assistant country representative Nur Mohammad, and Women Directorate director general (DG) Ashraf Hossain, among others, attended the programme.
The state minister for women and children affairs Wednesday said the government will introduce a separate law to check sexual harassments in educational institutions and work places to ensure security of women in the society.
Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury also urged all to focus on gender equality for ensuring the country's economic development.
She said these in a policy dialogue on 'Gender and Gender Sensitive Reporting' at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU). Women Affairs Department, DRU and UNFPA jointly arranged the programme under a project on 'Development of women and men equality, and women empowerment'. There were three working sessions at the dialogue.
Ms Chowdhury said the government has introduced different strategies to check women repression and support the victims.
"There are one-stop crisis centres across the country to help the repressed women with medical facilities and build awareness against repression," she said.
She underscored the need for integrated efforts of the society and media to eliminate gender imbalance, and urged the media to publish news on women repression and follow-up the events.
Acting secretary Tariq-ul-Islam, project director Dr Niazuddin Al-Hossaini, UNFPA assistant country representative Nur Mohammad, and Women Directorate director general (DG) Ashraf Hossain, among others, attended the programme.