Morelganj (Bagerhat) Correspondent

A view exchange meeting was held with journalists to prevent child marriage at Morelganj, Bagerhat, under the initiative of private development organization World Vision Bangladesh on unday at 11 o’clock at Tuba Community Center, Morelganj.

Organized by AP World Vision Bangladesh, Morelganj AP, World Vision Bangladesh Area Program Manager, Tapan Kumar Mandal, Morelganj Press Club President Moshiur Rahmana Masum, General Secretary Rajiv Ahsan Raju, Vice President Ganesh Pal, Journalist Fazlul Haque Khokon, Md Shajahan Ali Khan, Morelganj Upazila Press Club former founder president HM Shahidul Islam, former founder general secretary Shamim Ahsan Mallik, former finance secretary Md Ramiz Uddin former publicity secretary Ekhlas Sheikh, journalist Nazmul Hossain etc.

World Vision Bangladesh Morelganj AP, Area Program Officer, Milita Sarkar, (Intern) Nandita Richil, and Masuda Akhter were also present in the meeting. At this time, Tapan Kumar Mandal said in the meeting with the journalists, Bangladesh is at the third position in terms of child marriage in the world.

The rate of child marriage and dropout of girls from secondary education in Bangladesh among geographically backward groups is relatively high in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat. Therefore, World Vision Bangladesh is working spontaneously at the grassroots level to reduce this rate, he added, is one of the means to make people aware. mass media This media becomes effective through journalists.

Therefore, he called for more publicity from journalists to prevent child marriage and prevent girls from falling into the storm. In addition, in the meeting, the speakers highlighted various aspects of child marriage prevention rules, gender equality, child rights, and actions to be taken to prevent child marriage and implementation of laws.