Government officials at a workshop have stressed on ensuring women-friendly environment at village courts to quickly deliver justice to rural people, including women, at their doorsteps. They specially called upon grassroots level public representatives to create social awareness, explore capability of village courts and increase facilities for women in quickly resolving local disputes to ensure justice and earn public confidence, reports BSS.
The district administration organised the workshop on "Enhancing Capacity and Awareness on Gender and Village Court" at conference room of the Deputy Commissioner in on Wednesday afternoon, a press release said yesterday. The event was arranged with assistance of the Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh (second phase) project being implemented by Local Government Division with financial assistance of European Union and UNDP.
Sixty participants including union parishad chairmen, members and secretaries, human rights organisations, district and upazila level government officials participated. Deputy Commissioner Enamul Habib attended the workshop as the chief guest with Deputy Director (Local Government) Ruhul Amin Miah in the chair.
Senior Assistant Judge and District Legal Aid Officer Md Rawshan Alam, Additional Police Super Maruf Ahmed, Senior District Information Officer Md Humayun Kobir and Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Ofifcer Ishrat Sdaiya Sumi, addressed as special guests.
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