PHREB Mosque based Women's Rights Campaign reaches 300,000 people every week
2009-08-19 15:16:35
Imams for Women Rights Network members speak about Islam and women's rights, women's right to inherent property, education, health care services, reproductive health, maternal health, safe water and breast feeding. Since 2005, Imams for Women's Rights Campaign has been organizing various innovative programs such as Mosque based Friday speeches, community based religious seminars and dialogues. They mobilize men against child marriage, child pregnancy, eve teasing and domestic violence. This is an emerging network of Imams which started with 14 Imams and as of July 2009 it has 185 members.
The cause is supported by ICCO the Netherlands. For more information, please contact Mr. Faridul Alam, Executive Director, PHREB on farid@phreb.org
Adolescent girls leaders from greater
Chittagong division demands for violence
against women free schools and community
from the current Bangladesh Government.
They urged the government and
organizations to protect girls from child
marriage, modern day slavery and
trafficking.
PHREB Imams for Women's Rights Program reaches at least 300,000 Muslim men directly every Friday in 185 mosques in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar Districts.