Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) organized an event titled “Awareness Raising Workshop on Gender Based Violence at the Workplace” on March 19 at Lakeshore Heights, Gulshan in the capital.
The workshop was presided by Selima Ahmad, President-BWCCI. Barbara Langley, Director-CIPE was the Chief Guest of the workshop.
Sangita Ahmed, Senior Vice President-BWCCI, Sabina Alam, Vice President- BWCCI and Ridma Khan, Director-BWCCI were the discussants of the program.
Shaila Parvin Pia, Advocate-Bangladesh Supreme Court was present as a resource person. Other 04 Board of Directors and 23 General members participated in the workshop. There was a brief presentation on Gender Based Violence at the Workplace and an open discussion was held after the presentation.
There was a short question and answer session in the workshop where the women entrepreneurs participated. All the participants are advised to raise awareness on gender equality on the society and organization level.