The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Barisal

Women and Children Affairs Adviser Geeti Ara Safiya Chowdhury yesterday stressed strengthening social movement against repression on women.

The women in the country are living hazardous lives because of the dowry system, conjugal problems and decay in moral standards of youths in society, she said while addressing a function to inaugurate one-stop crisis centre (OCC) at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital and Divisional DNA Laboratory here. Repression on women is one of the main social problems in the country, the Adviser said and called for an all-out cooperation of people from all strata and professions to resist the menace.

Project Director Dr Abdul Hossain, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Principal Prof Dr Aziz Rahim, Barisal Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Harun Chowdhury and Medical College Director M Maniruzzaman also spoke on the occasion, the press release says.

Women and Children Affairs Ministry has adopted a 'Multipurpose Sectoral Programme' aided by Denmark to prevent repression on women in the country, according to the press release.

Under the programme, one-stop crisis centres have been set up in six divisional medical colleges from where the women will get medical treatment, police and legal help, counseling and rehabilitation facilities from the same place.

A total of 4,419 women and children have received services from these centres till November 2007, the release said.