RAJSHAHI, – Women watchdogs observed that the role of mass-media is very important towards ensuring a gender-balanced and equity-based society through halting all sorts of repression and violence against women and children.

They also mentioned that the media both print and electronics has already established a number of instances towards supplementing efforts of law enforcers to bring many persons who were involved in repression, violence and cruelty against women and children to book through objective reporting.

They came up with the observation while addressing a press conference at Liberation War Library in Rajshahi city today.

Rajshahi district unit of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad (BMP) hosted the press conference to mark the International Women Repression Prevention Fortnight- 2020 and World Human Rights Day.

“Rape is heinous crime against humanity. All should come forward and work together to forge social resistance against the violence against women and children” was the main slogan of the press conference.

BMP local unit president Kolpna Roy read the written statements in the conference. Other unit leaders Shikha Roy, Anusua Sarker, Alima Khatun, Nilufar Ahmed and Afroza Khan Helen also spoke.

Kolpna Roy said building social awareness among the community people, especially parents and teachers, has become an urgent need for prevention of child marriage and dowry for substantial and sustainable reduction of violence against women.

The government alone or any single organisation is not capable to free the womenfolk from violence and repression, so community participation is very important in this regard.

She said overall national development could be possible through ensuring education and all other fundamental rights of the children coming from the poor and underprivileged families.

Physical and mental development of children could also be possible through protecting them from violence and deprivation, she added.