The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

A three-day book fair began at British Council here on Friday.

The Department of Women and Gender Studies of Dhaka University (DU) organized the 'Gender Book Fair' in association with British Council.

DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr SMA Faiz inaugurated the fair as the chief guest.

Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences Professor Harun-Ur-Rashid and former president of Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee Salma Khan joined the function as the special guests.

Gender-related books, journals and articles have been put on display. About 50 publishing houses and NGOs are participating in the fair with more than 3,000 books and journals.

The objective of the fair is to create gender awareness among the people.