Media role in transgender issues stressed

RAJSHAHI: A consultative meeting of the stakeholders yesterday observed that stronger media role was indispensable to free the sexual minorities like transgender from being stigmatised socially and protecting their fundamental rights, reports BSS. They also viewed that most of the extremely excluded people are subjected to repression, discrimination and negligence in every spheres of their existence which is gross violation of the human rights. They opined that the jarring situation could be addressed after creating mass awareness through objective media reporting frequently as the people have equal rights to survive after deriving total benefits of all the state facilities.
The observation in a consultation with media personnel titled “Voice of Sexual Minorities for Social Justice and Equal Rights: Consultation on Media Response and Responsibilities” held at BGB Party Point in the city attended by some 40 journalists of both print and electronic media and news agencies and 10 transgender people. Bandhu Social Welfare Society (BSWS) organised the consultation with the main thrust of sensitising the media personnel on how to boost the number of objective reporting based on rights and existing violence and disparity against them.
ETV Special Correspondent Akhil Podder, BSWS Programme Director Fosiul Alam, Advocacy and Training Officer Alimul Ahsan and Assistant Advocacy Manager Moshiur Rahman spoke on the occasion as resource persons emphasizing the need for protecting the excluded population from their human rights violations as they are also the integral part of the society.
They stated that the universal access is a commitment to scale up access to health rights, HIV treatment, prevention, care and support with the cooperation from government development partners and civil society.
Terming the rights-based responses to the population as practical and effective they observed that universal access will never be achieved without ensuring human rights because human rights violations increase social marginalisation and risk of sexual transmitted diseases.
In his presentation, Moshiur Rahman mentioned that the stigma and negative attitude towards the vulnerable population remained as main challenges to prevent the HIV/AIDS.
Exploring ideas and developing stories Akhil Podder underscored the need for substantial and sustainable reduction of the existing human rights violation. “We have not been able to ensure the basic rights of sexual minorities yet,” he regretted.
Besides, he also laid stress on concerted efforts of all quarters especially the community people and called for more coordination among different organisations and stakeholders to attain cherished results.

Media role in transgender issues stressed

RAJSHAHI: A consultative meeting of the stakeholders yesterday observed that stronger media role was indispensable to free the sexual minorities like transgender from being stigmatised socially and protecting their fundamental rights, reports BSS. They also viewed that most of the extremely excluded people are subjected to repression, discrimination and negligence in every spheres of their existence which is gross violation of the human rights. They opined that the jarring situation could be addressed after creating mass awareness through objective media reporting frequently as the people have equal rights to survive after deriving total benefits of all the state facilities. The observation in a consultation with media personnel titled Voice of Sexual Minorities for Social Justice and Equal Rights: Consultation on Media Response and Responsibilities held at BGB Party Point in the city attended by some 40 journalists of both print and electronic media and news agencies and 10 transgender people. Bandhu Social Welfare Society (BSWS) organised the consultation with the main thrust of sensitising the media personnel on how to boost the number of objective reporting based on rights and existing violence and disparity against them. ETV Special Correspondent Akhil Podder, BSWS Programme Director Fosiul Alam, Advocacy and Training Officer Alimul Ahsan and Assistant Advocacy Manager Moshiur Rahman spoke on the occasion as resource persons emphasizing the need for protecting the excluded population from their human rights violations as they are also the integral part of the society. They stated that the universal access is a commitment to scale up access to health rights, HIV treatment, prevention, care and support with the cooperation from government development partners and civil society. Terming the rights-based responses to the population as practical and effective they observed that universal access will never be achieved without ensuring human rights because human rights violations increase social marginalisation and risk of sexual transmitted diseases. In his presentation, Moshiur Rahman mentioned that the stigma and negative attitude towards the vulnerable population remained as main challenges to prevent the HIV/AIDS. Exploring ideas and developing stories Akhil Podder underscored the need for substantial and sustainable reduction of the existing human rights violation. We have not been able to ensure the basic rights of sexual minorities yet, he regretted. Besides, he also laid stress on concerted efforts of all quarters especially the community people and called for more coordination among different organisations and stakeholders to attain cherished results.