Law Event
Workshop on gender justice
A gender justice-training programme was held in the BRAC Training and Resource Centre from November 12 to 14, 2005. The workshop was organised by Academy for Educational Development with the assistance of USAID.
Clear understanding on gender and enhance the participants competency (knowledge, skill and attitude) to end violence against women and gender based violence was the main purpose of that workshop. It provided participants an opportunity to increase their conceptual understanding, analytical skill, awareness and sensitivity to a range of gender and related concepts and terminologies and VAW issues. Understanding of the historical and cultural aspects of gender construction in Bangladesh and increase participants skill to analyse the reason of women's subordination from historical structural point of view.
Different organisations from the different parts of the country were participated in the workshop and shared their own perspective and values regarding the issue.
Facilitator Sheepa Hafiza, Director, HR department of BRAC and Khadija Leena from Gender and Diversity unit provide the participants information regarding the issue.
The workshop highlighted the gender concept, patriarchy and its origin, power sharing, gender mainstreaming, gender violence on sociological perspective, right-based approach on gender, international and domestic legal standards on violence against women etc. The workshop seeks to highlight the issues that adversely affect women's lives and simultaneously bring out the linkages and interconnections of these seemingly disparate phenomena.
-- Law Desk
