The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Rangpur

Speakers at separate discussion meetings at different spots in Gangachara upazila stressed the need for taking joint efforts of all stakeholders to resist human trafficking.

They also stressed the need for a massive awareness building campaign, particularly among the vulnerable groups in the frontier areas, for proper enforcement of all relevant laws involving common people to stop this worst form of heinous crime.

ASOD, a reputed NGO, has been organising the discussion meetings since last Wednesday as a part of its awareness building activities against human trafficking with assistance of the USAID and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The meetings held at Maliper Bazaar and Betgari UP premises, were addressed by headmaster of Haridebpur High School Ruhul Alam Chowdhury, District Coordinator of ASOD Mrs Parveen Akhter, its Project Officer Alamgir Hossain, elite Lutfar Rahman and Akhterul Zaman.

Hundreds of rural people including women living in the areas, UP chairmen and members, teachers, professionals, adolescents, students, women community leaders, socio-cultural and NGO activists and elite have been taking part in the meetings and drama and songs programmes.

The speakers blamed lack of proper awareness, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, dowry, child marriage, ignorance, drug- addiction and cross-border trade as the main reasons behind the heinous crimes of human trafficking.

They suggested different ways for resolving these problems and recommended bringing the educational institutions of the frontier areas under the campaign to make the students aware about human trafficking with a view to stop the same once and for all for.