Proactive role of the mass-media both print and electronic can be the crucial means of protecting the boys from sexual abuse, assault and exploitation.For the sake of their proper physical and mental development, all sorts of violence and repression against boys must be stopped with integrated efforts of the government and non-government organisations concerned.
Media personalities and development activists came up with the observation while addressing a dialogue titled "Role of Mass-media to Prevent Sexual Violence against Boys" with participation of media personalities in Rajshahi on Sunday.
Association for Community Development (ACD) organised the dialogue at its office to mark the Blue Umbrella Day-2023 supported by Family for Every Child.
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Editor of the 'Daily Sonar Desh' Akbarul Hassan Millat addressed the meeting as the focal person while ACD Project Coordinator Subrata Kumar Paul disseminated his expertise on the issue. They viewed that the society as a whole should come forward and work together to protect the boys from all sorts of repression and oppression because there is no way but to build them as worthy citizens through flourishing their latent talents.
Journalists Md Anisuzzaman, Kazi Nazmul Islam, Ahsan Habib, Mamun Or Rashid and Kazi Shahed also spoke, expressing their commitment of doing something better in this field collectively. The discussants unanimously mentioned that an enabling situation should be established for the boys for grooming their potentiality to serve the nation.
Forging a social movement against the crime against boys has become crucial.
They also advocated for bringing the areas vulnerable for the boys under monitoring and vigilance to attain desired yield in this field.
