Poster competition on combating forced marriages
Cultural Correspondent
Aiming to increase awareness on forced marriage and understanding the legal and religious positions on the practice, the British High Commission in Dhaka, The British Council and Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) organised a poster competition with the slogan "Combating forced marriages -- ensuring the rights to consent in marriage".Winners of the competition were handed awards at the launching of the project, held at the residence of The British High Commissioner on November 16. This year the prize for best poster design (an amount of Tk 10000) went to Iftekhar-Ul-Karim, who recently completed HSC from Notre Dame College and the prize (an amount of Tk 5000) for best slogan went to Raina Ekram for the slogan "Ar noy nirob dohon, tomaroto achhey bechhey neyar odhikar". Raina is a student of the department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). The theme of their work represents the combat against forced marriage. The project will consist of a series of 'road shows' including street theatre, panel discussions and generating awareness in different villages throughout the Sylhet region.
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Raina Ekram (L) receives her award from the chief guest Law Commission Chairman Justice Mustafa Kamal (C). PHOTO: STAR |
