Social resistance against Eve teasing stressed
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
RAJSHAHI, Nov 2 (BSS): Speakers at a human chain program here unequivocally called for forging social resistance against eve-teasing to make the society free from the social crime.
They underscored the need for bringing back the morally deviated boys and other young men to the normal life through proper counseling and motivation to reduce the crime at a greater extent.
Barendra Unnayan Forum (BUF), a network for promoting gender equality, good governance and human rights, organised the hour-long human chain alongside a street corner meeting at Saheb Bazaar Zero point on Monday aimed at creating mass awareness to prevent the gradually increasing trend of the nuisance.
With Executive Director of Niskrity SKL Muhammad Lalon in the chair the meeting was addressed, among others, by BUF President Hasinul Islam Chunnu, President of Campaign for Good Governance Prof Fazlul Haque, President of Jonouddyog Syed Salah Uddin, local unit General Secretary of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad Kolpona Roy, BUF Senior Project Officer Rokhsana Ferdousi and Regional Coordinator of TIB Jeshmin Akter Panna.
The speakers underscored the need for framing a strict law to stop stalking and building up united resistance against stalkers and urged the people to be respectful to the mothers and sisters in and outside the houses.
Terming the eve-teasing as one of the major social crimes and also detrimental to the human rights of women they emphasized the need for building a social commitment against the crime.
Even fathers, mothers and relatives of girl students and also teachers are assaulted and killed by stalkers regularly and law enforcers cannot stop the stalking alone, they said, adding every person of society will have to come forward to fight the social menace.
They viewed that protecting and establishing human rights, strengthening rural governance and ensuring gender parity could be the effective tools for culminating the social curse.
They, however, mentioned that only the law enforcing agencies or any single organisation is not capable to combat the crimes but a concerted effort is a must in this regard.
They underscored the need for bringing back the morally deviated boys and other young men to the normal life through proper counseling and motivation to reduce the crime at a greater extent.
Barendra Unnayan Forum (BUF), a network for promoting gender equality, good governance and human rights, organised the hour-long human chain alongside a street corner meeting at Saheb Bazaar Zero point on Monday aimed at creating mass awareness to prevent the gradually increasing trend of the nuisance.
With Executive Director of Niskrity SKL Muhammad Lalon in the chair the meeting was addressed, among others, by BUF President Hasinul Islam Chunnu, President of Campaign for Good Governance Prof Fazlul Haque, President of Jonouddyog Syed Salah Uddin, local unit General Secretary of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad Kolpona Roy, BUF Senior Project Officer Rokhsana Ferdousi and Regional Coordinator of TIB Jeshmin Akter Panna.
The speakers underscored the need for framing a strict law to stop stalking and building up united resistance against stalkers and urged the people to be respectful to the mothers and sisters in and outside the houses.
Terming the eve-teasing as one of the major social crimes and also detrimental to the human rights of women they emphasized the need for building a social commitment against the crime.
Even fathers, mothers and relatives of girl students and also teachers are assaulted and killed by stalkers regularly and law enforcers cannot stop the stalking alone, they said, adding every person of society will have to come forward to fight the social menace.
They viewed that protecting and establishing human rights, strengthening rural governance and ensuring gender parity could be the effective tools for culminating the social curse.
They, however, mentioned that only the law enforcing agencies or any single organisation is not capable to combat the crimes but a concerted effort is a must in this regard.