Community support must for child marriage-free society

RAJSHAHI: Responsive support from the community especially teachers, parents and leaders of influence has become an urgent need to ensure adolescent-friendly reproductive health services to all the target people for substantial and sustainable reduction of child marriage and child pregnancy, speakers at a discussion here said, reports BSS. They viewed there should be effective measures of bringing the schoolteachers and others concerned under training on the issue so that they can teach their students and guide them properly.
Making the youths free from various misconceptions relating to reproductive health is very vital. They called for forging a social resistance for ending child marriage and teenage pregnancies for providing an opportunity for girls to acquire a broad set of livelihood prospects in future.
They were addressing a daylong workshop on "Coordination Meeting with Union Parishad: Community Awareness towards Eradicating Child Marriage" held at Nezampur Union Parishad (UP) under Nachole Upazila yesterday.
"Eradicating child marriage and child pregnancy is imperative in creating a glorious Bangladesh" was main theme of the training programme.
More than 35 people comprising public representatives, schoolteachers, marriage registrars, religious leaders and other stakeholders joined the workshop.
Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organisation (ASSEDO) organised the programme in association with Prevention of Child Marriage and Child Pregnancy Project and Oxfam-Novib.
During his welcome address, Rabiul Alam, executive director of ASSEDO, said there is no alternative to create community awareness through raising school- based awareness on adolescence for combating the existing rate of child marriage.
He said the project aims to involve community people so that they can play vital role to change the social mindset on child marriage and child pregnancy. Besides, the venture intends to build awareness among the adolescents about their rights on reproductive health, he added.

Community support must for child marriage-free society

RAJSHAHI: Responsive support from the community especially teachers, parents and leaders of influence has become an urgent need to ensure adolescent-friendly reproductive health services to all the target people for substantial and sustainable reduction of child marriage and child pregnancy, speakers at a discussion here said, reports BSS. They viewed there should be effective measures of bringing the schoolteachers and others concerned under training on the issue so that they can teach their students and guide them properly. Making the youths free from various misconceptions relating to reproductive health is very vital. They called for forging a social resistance for ending child marriage and teenage pregnancies for providing an opportunity for girls to acquire a broad set of livelihood prospects in future. They were addressing a daylong workshop on Coordination Meeting with Union Parishad: Community Awareness towards Eradicating Child Marriage held at Nezampur Union Parishad (UP) under Nachole Upazila yesterday. Eradicating child marriage and child pregnancy is imperative in creating a glorious Bangladesh was main theme of the training programme. More than 35 people comprising public representatives, schoolteachers, marriage registrars, religious leaders and other stakeholders joined the workshop. Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organisation (ASSEDO) organised the programme in association with Prevention of Child Marriage and Child Pregnancy Project and Oxfam-Novib. During his welcome address, Rabiul Alam, executive director of ASSEDO, said there is no alternative to create community awareness through raising school- based awareness on adolescence for combating the existing rate of child marriage. He said the project aims to involve community people so that they can play vital role to change the social mindset on child marriage and child pregnancy. Besides, the venture intends to build awareness among the adolescents about their rights on reproductive health, he added.