13 September 2011, Dhaka. Chief Guest of the Seminar titled “Role and experience of teachers-guardians in eradicating sexual harassment’’ ycleped Eve teasing a certain form of sexual harassment and called on to come together building social awareness. The seminar was organised today by MEJNIN Programme under BRAC Gender Justice and Diversity Unit at BRAC Center. The seminar was chaired by Education Minister of the Government of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. He also stated ‘The term ‘Eve-teasing’ does not reveal the degree of harassment it causes to the girls and the teasers should be treated as criminals. Education Ministry has taken steps to prevent sexual harassment. To eliminate this ailment from the society we have to change our perception. Our next generation will grow up with stronger moral values introduce by advanced curriculum and only then we will be able to eradicate recurrence of sexual harassment from the society.’
The Deputy Minister of the ministry of children and women affairs, Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was the Special Guest of the Event. Dr.Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said, ‘Women are facing harassment in everywhere -their work places, in educational institutions, on the way to their school, colleges. We have to change our society’s overall approach towards the women and that has to be incorporated through introducing new national curriculum and legislative decree. Government is considering formulating law against ‘eve-teasing’ and in future further initiatives will be taken such as forming sexual harassment elimination committee, in every ministry and institutions.
The programme was addressed by Principal Kazi Faruk Ahmed chief co-ordinator of Jatiya Shikkhak Karmachary Front, directed and key note presented by Sheepa Hafiza, Director BRAC Gender Justice and Diversity and presided by BRAC Executive Director Dr. Mahbub Hossain.
Teacher, students and guardians from different schools of Dhaka was present at the programme.
