Change mindset
Men should change mindset towards women and be more responsible to stop violence against women, participants told a seminar yesterday, emphasising sex education for children to create awareness on harassment.
The Center for Men and Masculinities Studies, and Department of Women and Gender Studies organised it in Dhaka University's senate building to introduce “the Campus Hero Café” project to make youths aware of such violence at 30 Pabna, Rangpur and Cox's Bazar schools.
DU pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof Nasreen Ahmed said as men are holding leading position in the society, they have to be more conscious of stopping the violence.
Citing newspaper reports, she said 370 females and children fell victim to violence from January to March. The department's Associate Prof Sayed Saikh Imtiaz said men sometimes get involved in such violence to show their manly attitude. Prof HKS Arefeen stressed dissemination of proper knowledge against such attitude. Under the project, mobile apps -- “Challenger Mamu” to get information about health and sex, and “Priyo Baba” for guidelines to stop sexual assault -- were also launched by Health Minister Mohammed Nasim.
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