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Change attitude towards women to stop trafficking

Speakers say at advocacy meeting

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at an advocacy meet ■ ing yesterday stressed the need for ensuring women empowerment, evaluating their contribution to production and changing attitude towards women to stop trafficking of women and chil-k dien
At the meeting organised by Mukti Nari O Shishu Unnayan Sangstha at Cirdap auditorium, the speakers said that more information on human trafficking should be disseminated in the media to create awareness.
Coordinated effort of the civil society and nongovernment organisations with the support of the local government can also play an effective role in preventing trafficking, they said at the meeting tided Prevention of human trafficking and reduc-ingviolenceagainst women'.
“Information can be the • most important tool to prevent trafficking of women and children,’ said Moniruzzaman. senior assistant editor of The Daily Sangbad.
The media, local government, non-government organisations and law enforcing agencies should work together to combat human trafficking, he said.
Fie also suggested the NGOs send their recommendations to address trafficking
and violence against women to the ParIiamentary Committee on the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
Executive Director of Manusher Jonno Foundation Shaheen Anam stressed the need for implementing Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the National Women Development Policy immediately.
She also said that attitude towards women in the society should be changed and their contribution should be val-ued.
Concurrently, raising awareness in family, society and state level is important, while the border guards can also play an important role in combating trafficking.
In the keynote paper. Sanaiya Fahim Ansari said every year around 25.000 women are trafficked to different countries. The rate of trafficking is higher in the border areas like Chuadanga, Kushtia and Meherpur.
Conventional Salish system. non-cooperation of the local government and reli-
gious leaders often deprive them of their rights, she said, stressing the need for formulating a law to resist domestic violence against women.
Dr Waliur Rahman, former foreign secretary, also spoke at the meeting while Mohsin Ali, executive director of WAVE foundation, and representatives from different rights organisations shared their opinion.
Momtaz Rumi, executive director of Mukti Nari O Shishu Unnayan Sangstha, presided over the meeting.