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Support centre set up for victims of violence

Staff Correspondent
The Victim Support Centre (VSC) set up ut the city's Tejgaon Police Station formally started working yesterday to provide legal support to women and children who fall victim of different types of violence, including rape and acid throwing.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun inaugurated the centre where some 17 trained female police officers will provide round-the-clock legal services to such women and children victims.
Inaugurating the centre, Sahara reaffirmed the government's commitment to combat violence against women and children.
"Every day a huge number of women and children fall victim of rape and other sexual harassments, acid throwing, trafficking as well as domestic violence," she observes.
Quoting police record, the minister said some 15,246 cases were recorded in connection with the act of violence against women and children, which is almost 10 percent of the total cases, filed with the country's police
stations.
Referring to Awami League's election manifesto in ensuring law and order and establishing good governance, Sahara Khatun stressed the need for proper implementation of the different laws enacted to combat such crimes.
She urged people for extending their supports to the law enforcing agencies in implementing the existing laws.
State Minister for Home Affairs Thnzim Ahmed Sohei Taj stressed the need for establishing inter-ministerial cooperation for providing a comprehensive support to the victims.
A total of eight victims will get residential opportunity at the VSC for maximum five days for the services," said NBKTtipura, AIG and national project director of Police Reform Programme.
He said the VSC would also protect women and children victims from second time victimisation and it would formulate an effective policy guideline on prevention of crime and its information.
He said six VSCs will also be
set up in six divisional headquarters soon.
The services at VSC include providing proper information to the women and children victims on the legal process, lodging complaint of the victim, providing them assis-tancc of filing First Information Report (FIR) as well as medical services and psychosocial counselling.
IGP Nur Mohammad. DMP Commissioner Naim Ahmed, Dr Hameeda Hossain of Ain O Salish Kendra, Tom Crowards of DFID and Stefan Priesnerof UNDP among others, spoke.
Bangladesh Police and 10 partner NGOs will work for the victims through the centre with the assistance from donor-funded project Police Reform Programme.
The 10 NGOs are Ain O Salish Kendra, Association for Community Development, Association for Correction and Social Reclamation, Aparajeyo Bangla, Acid Survivors' Foundation, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association, Bangladesh Mohila Parishad, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services TYust, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, and Mary Stopes.