Maheen Sultan, Visiting Fellow of BIGD chaired a session titled Societal Perspective on Gender Based Violence at a daylong knowledge fair on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), organized by Share-Net Bangladesh on May 3, 2017 at a city hotel. Two presentations titled Prevention of Violence Against Women (VAW) by engaging Male Community Support Group and Young People’s attitude towards Government of Bangladesh (GoB) were presented at the session.
Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Information, GoB, inaugurated the Knowledge Fair as Chief Guest. Three scientific plenary sessions were held on three major topics, child marriage; gender based violence; and menstrual regulation where almost 300 participants from more than 60 organizations joined the fair.