d)Awareness and Training:
NHRC Patronized Biggest Ever Public Gathering on Preventing Violence
Against Women
JAMAKON Chair Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman and Secretary
Md. Amjad Hossain Khan delivering their Speech at the public gathering
On December 22, 2015 NHRC Chairman
Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman attends a
public gathering on “Preventing Violence
against Women” held at Girls’ High School
Premises,
Bharatkhali,
Saghata,
Gaibandha. The “Public Gathering” at
Bharatkhali Girls School premises was the
biggest ever public gathering where 2100
women and 900 men participated.
Considering the fact that, consisting of a
group of villages, the UPs are the most
remote tier of local administration in
Bangladesh and an easy gateway to access
people in rural areas, it was decided by
NHRC to collaborate with at least two UPs
as a pilot initiative. Through this, the NHRC
will establish a standard modality of
working with UPs. It was envisaged that
the community strength of UPs can be
utilized as a hub between the NHRC and
the vulnerable population. Squeezing the
vast area of its jurisdiction into specific
issues, NHRC decided to develop a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
at least two UPs on a pilot basis and start
promoting women rights as a whole and
eradicating VAW in particular. The primary
objectives of collaborative efforts between
the NHRC and the UPs were to:
•
Enhance overall understanding of
human rights principles and practice
at community level regarding VAW
and its detrimental social and legal
affects;
•
To inform and educate UP Chairmen,
Members, community leaders about
the power and function of the NHRC
in dealing with complaints and
mediating and conciliating thereto;
•
To develop standard complaint
referral
and
investigation
methodology in order to practice
them in the daily works of UPs and
to replicate it in other UPs when
needed.
Under the MoU the following results
have been achieved:
•
Two
trainings
for
Chairmen,
Members and community leaders
were
done
to
educate
the
participants about the rights of the
women and girls, roles and
mandate of the NHRC, complaints
management of the NHRC and to
motivate the participants to provide
visible evidences of their knowledge
gained
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