Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Sept-25,
Jatiya Sangsad (JS)
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said the role of Members of
Parliament (MPs) is very important to encourage the female education to prevent
the child marriage in the country.
She made the
observation while virtually addressing a consultation workshop on prevention of
child marriage and gender based violence and ensuring reproductive healthcare,
organized by the Bangladesh Association of Parliamentarians on Population and
Development (BAPPD) at Kaliganj Upazila in Gazipur, said a press release here.
Dr Shirin said it is
necessary to make a concerted effort to raise awareness regarding the female
education to prevent child marriage, and implement and monitor all the
activities of the BAPD at the grassroots level.
Such kind of workshops
can give an overview about the proper implementation of the steps taken by the
government in this regard, she added.
"We have made
tremendous progress in every sector under the leadership of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and she has been recently awarded the SDG Progress Award at (the
ongoing) UN General Assembly," the speaker said.
Noting that the
incidence violence against women and child marriage has increased during the
Covid-19 pandemic, she said the challenges like violence against women and
child marriage should be tackled properly.
Dr Shirin emphasized on
making the parents of girl children aware about the government's steps to take
the girls forward and said the parents should realize that the daughters are
not burdens for them.
Chairman of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry and
Convener of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Child Marriage and Gender Based
Violence Meher Afroze Chumki presided over the workshop while lawmakers Nazrul
Islam Babu, Aroma Dutta, Sheuli Azad, Shabnam Jahan and Fakhrul Imam addressed the
workshop as special guests.
Secretary of the
Parliament Secretariat KM Abdus Salam conducted the workshop while Project
Director (joint secretary) MA Kamal Billah delivered welcome address in the
event.
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