The National Girl Child Day-2022 will be celebrated across the country on (Tuesday) with a view to developing girl children as worthy citizens for building a prosperous Bangladesh, reports BSS.
This year's theme of the day is 'Somoyer Ongikar: Konyashishur Odhikar' (Rights of girl children: a timely pledge).
Marking the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate messages greeted the girl children urging all including the private organisations to work together with the government for overall protection and development of girl children of the country.
In his message, the president said rights, education, nutrition and security of girl children will have to be ensured for building a prosperous Bangladesh. Girl children will have to be protected from dowry, child marriage, eve-teasing and all sorts of social and family disparities and repressions, he added.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said that as a women and girls friendly government, it has been working relentlessly for empowering women and girls as part of the implementation of SDGs.
For the welfare of girl children, the government has been implementing various programmes, including free education, stipend, free books and appointment of more women teachers in educational institutes, she added.
"Our government has formulated National Child Policy-2011, National Woman Development Policy-2011," the prime minister said, adding that capital punishment has been incorporated in the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act 2000 and child marriage and dowry prevention laws have enacted in the country.
As a result, child marriage has declined significantly, said the premier.
The President and the Premier wished overall success of all programmes taken on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day-2022.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
