Workshop on data collection held at DU

A workshop on “The method of collecting data on violence” was held at Center for Genocide Studies (CGS) seminar hall at Dhaka University yesterday.

CGS along with its database platform Bangladesh Peace Observatory organised the programme, participated by representatives from different NGOs and autonomous organisations.

While presenting the data collection method, a CGS team led by its director Prof Dr Imtiaz Ahmed said they collected 26 categories of data on violence like crossfire, sexual assault and clash initially from open sources including 20 newspapers, and then scrutinised the data’s credibility.

He urged all researchers to visit their website http://peaceobservatory-cgs.org to collect necessary information.

Among others, representatives from Transparency International Bangladesh, Ain o Salish Kendra, USAID and Dhaka Metropolitan Police exchanged their respective views.