Young Women Summit 2010 demands Safe Schools for Girls
2009-08-27 11:01:16
BKAF, a coalition of adolescent girls,
organized young women summit on 8 March
2010 to celebrate international women's
day 2010 at the Theater Institute
Chittagong.
30 Representatives from Chittagong, Hill
Tracts, Cox's Bazar participated in this
adolescent's summit.
Representatives from the government and
non government institutions and police
participated in this summit.
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.