ISDE Bangladesh: 15 days Campaign on Sexual Harassment Free Educational Institution held at Chakaria

Sunday, March 4, 2012

15 days Campaign on Sexual Harassment Free Educational Institution held at Chakaria

15 days Campaign on Sexual Harassment Free Educational Institution held at Chakaria

Demanding United Effort to Stop Sexual Harassment, VAW & Early Marriage

The indicator of developed nation can be measure to see the status of women’s dignity and enjoying rights. Besides sexual harassment, early marriage and VAW cannot be continue in any developed society and nation. Sexual harassment, eve teasing now become chronic social diseases and some ill motivated youth are engaged to do such types social crime as a fun but sometimes it may reason for unexpected death and stop mobility of a young girls. So there is high need to create a social movement to remove these types of social crimes from society, otherwise women mobility will goes down and which ultimately hamper the national development and prosperity. Without participation of major portion of the country no nation can develop. This is the right time to create social movement to create environment for women participation in development process and right to education for all is one of the key factor to develop our nation. A gang of ill motivated vested groups always try to split out the women folk from development intervention and they created many strategy to stop mobility of women and sexual harassment and eve teasing are use as tools for them. The Government has initiated many initiatives to stop eave teasing, sexual harassment and the offense is included in mobile court at Upazila level. But people have no information to goes to the administration. If anybody can asks support from police and UNO at local level it must be punished. These were stated at the opening session of the 15 days Campaign for Sexual Harassment Free educational institution held at Chakaria Bijoy Mancha on 29 February 2012. ISDE Bangladesh, CSDF Chittagong and Upazila Youth and Student Forum jointly organize a day long caravan rally and procession to mark the demand.

UNO Chakaria Kh. Zakir Hossain is addressing at inaguration

The day long caravan rally and march procession was inaugurated by Upazila Nirbahi Office(UNO) Chakaria Mr. Kh Zakir Hossain. Mr. Haji Bashirul Alam President Upazila Social Entrepreneur Council was presided over the session while Upazila Vice Chairman S M Jahangir Alam Bulbul, Baraitali UP Chairman ATM Zia Uddin Zia, ISDE Bangladesh Executive Director S M Nazer Hossain, Ex Acting Mayor Chittagong City Corporation Shahidul Alam, Women Activist Umme Kulshum Minu, Social entrepreneurs leaders S M Manjur Hossain Chy also spoken on the occasion.

Chakaria Upazila Parishad Vice Chairman S M Jahangir Alam Bulbul speaking

Later the caravan rally march passed the main street of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway and main road of the Chakaria with colorful festoon, banner, cultural team and join solidarity meeting at Shah Umarad High School, Child Modern High School, Parhchanda High School and Baratali High School premises.

As part of 15 days campaign on stop sexual harassment at educational intuitions solidarity gathering, cultural function and guardian meeting was organized ISDE Bangladesh, Upazila Youth and Student Forum and School Management Committee.

Baraitali UP Chairman ATM Ziauddin Chowdhury Zia addressing

Mr. Saifulddin Khaled President School Management Committee of Shah Umrabad High School was presided over the solidarity meeting at Shah Umrabd High School, amongst others Alhaj Mahmudur Rahman head master, Shahidul Alam Ex Acting Mayor Chittagong City Corporation,

ISDE-BD ED S M Nazer Hossain adreesing

Dr. Jamal Uddin was spoken, Mr Abu Musa Chy president Child Modern High School Management Committee presided and Awamee league leader Maksudul Hoque Chuttu, Women activist Umme Kulshum Minu, Haji Bashirul Alam was spoken, Mr Hadron jaladas member Paharchanda High School Management Committee was presided amongst other S M Jahangir Alam Bulbul, Vice Chairman Chakaria Upazila Parishad,

A view of participants at solidarity gathering

ATM Zia Uddin Chay Chairman Baraitali UP, S M Nazer Hossain, ISDE Bangladesh, Shahidul Alam, Ex Acting mayor Chittagong City Corporation, Social entrepreneur leader haji Bashirul Alam, Haji Abu Taher, S M Manjur Hossain, Dalilur Rahman head master, women activist Umme Kulshum, Shahana Begume, Jannatul Bakeya Rekha also spoken and finally closing session was organized at Baraitli High School with Mr. Professor Jamir Uddin president School Management Committee(SMC) while Khandakhr Jakir Hossain UNO Chakaria, S M Jahangir Alam Bulbul, Vice Chairman Chakaria Upazila Parishad, ATM Zia Uddin Chay Chairman Baraitali UP, S M Nazer Hossain, ISDE Bangladesh, Shahidul Alam, Ex Acting mayor Chittagong City Corporation, Social entrepreneur leader haji Bashirul Alam, Haji Abu Taher, S M Manjur Hossain, Abu Taher head master, women activist Umme Kulshum, Shahana Begume, UP Member Dr Mashuk Ahmed also spoken.

Dated: March 1, 2012 Reported: Sk Azad Kamal Tipu

Deputy Programme Manager

ISDE Bangladesh-Chakaria

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Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) Bangladesh is a local non-governmental, non-political, non-religious, voluntary, social development organization working in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Rangamati, Kagrachari and Bandarban hill districts. ISDE Bangladesh was established in 1992, with the initiation of some like-minded social workers to serve the socio economically depressed & backward groups in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. It seeks to create self-sustaining rural communities through process of battling against rural drawback and the social economic energizing of the poor; such a process involves a number of suitable social and economic activities. ISDE Bangladesh is instrument in assisting the poor in working for their own developments instead of being the passive receive of it. It works in the identified rural and urban areas targeting sustainable social change that will contribute in ensuring a better life for the vulnerable people, with special emphasize to women and children. ISDE Bangladesh works adopting the target group development approach and most of the groups are associated with women members. It implements its all activities targeting on purpose to protect rights of the target women and children. It continues its all efforts to ISDE Bangladesh’s commitment through mainstreaming gender in a participatory development process. It collaborates with different local, national and international NGO’s and Government Departments in realizing their common goal of women empowerment, human rights, gender, environment, and education, rural and urban development. It envisages a society with improved environment human dignity and security. Its mission is guided by people’s aspirations that significantly contributes in changing the existing socio-economic status of target groups; facilitate the need-based services focusing to reducing gender discrimination and improving environmental status that will yield poverty reduced better life by enhancing people's capacities, initiatives and commitment followed by the principles of human rights, governance, gender and equity. Strengthen effective people’s participation at all stages of program designing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation harnessing local and external resources that will contribute greatly in sustainable social change. ISDE Bangladesh works in line with Target Group Approach as well as Community Approach followed by the principles of human rights, good governance, gender sensitivity, equity and participation targeting poverty reduction. It gives equal emphasis to ISDE Bangladesh scheduled castes and ethnic groups as target groups. ISDE Bangladesh grew to its present level by responding to the needs of the people. From 1993 ISDE started moving to a more exhaustive approach with resources and financial assistance from a number of development partners. ISDE Bangladesh has been gradually expanding its activities in more remote and neglected areas of the country.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

15 days Campaign on Sexual Harassment Free Educational Institution held at Chakaria

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