Health
Family, society and the state must come forward to prevent suppression against women and children
Women’s health is a fundamental human right. The sub-committee prioritizes women’s health by implementing various multidimensional programs. The sub-committee has been working on the implementation of awareness-based advocacy and action plans through mediums such as safe women’s health, reproductive health, and elderly health. Women’s reproductive health, sexual health, family planning, and maternal mortality are subjects where the majority of the population in the country is provided with opportunities for institutional, non-institutional, and family-based scientific education.
Distorted education violates women’s reproductive health rights, sexual health rights; to adopt a program from violating human rights, it is necessary to provide appropriate understanding on the subject of physical and mental health during adolescence. We need to eliminate all forms of violence against women by conducting religious and gender-sensitive educational programs.
Goal
Women’s reproductive health, sexual health, family planning, and maternal mortality are subjects where the majority of the population in the country is provided with opportunities for formal, informal, and family-based scientific education. Distorted education violates women’s reproductive health rights, sexual health rights; adopting an action plan instead of violating human rights. To ensure women’s contribution to national development, the Cairo Conference in 1993 declared that women’s reproductive health and sexual rights should be guaranteed as a condition for development.
To ensure women’s true contribution, it is necessary to include science-based curriculum in all levels of education to transform women into skilled human resources. This curriculum should cover reproductive health, sexual health, and sexual behavior.During adolescence, it is important to provide appropriate understanding about changes in physical and mental health. It is necessary to conduct cultural-free religious and gender-free education programs to eliminate all forms of violence against women.
Purpose
In order to integrate women’s health with social development, the Health Sub-Committee of the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad aims to promote awareness and advocacy for women’s rights to protection against violence, improved women’s health, and reproductive health rights through the implementation of the program received at the 4th Beijing International Women’s Conference in 1995 and ICPD,MGD-4,5. The goal of the Health Sub-Committee is to reach schools, colleges, families, and society with a strong focus on the development of women’s reproductive health, sexual health rights, and to raise public awareness through the implementation of programs. Work to eliminate all forms of violence against women.
Program
Promoting awareness about adolescent health and reproductive rights in educational institutions/workplaces is an effective initiative.
Discussion on various issues related to women’s health rights.
Various awareness-based initiatives are being taken to ensure safe maternal health. Discussions on women’s health are organized. Free medical services and distribution of sanitary napkins and iron tablets are provided. Campaigns on HIV/AIDS prevention, birth control, breast and cervical cancer prevention are conducted. Meetings are held with adolescent girls and parents in the community to raise awareness about the impact of child marriage and its consequences on women’s rights. Advocacy work is carried out with policymakers in the government. Various programs are implemented to ensure the health rights of women and girls.
- Awareness Program (SRHR)
Awareness programs are conducted to include youth health, women’s health, educational institutions, factories, offices, courts, organizations, centers, and district communities in the program.
- Advocacy
A meeting was held between the local health administration of the Center and District Women’s Health Rights Awareness (OGSB) and the Ministry of Health on the exchange of ideas.
- Networking
Notable achievements:
- Networking: Participation in policy-making meetings of other organizations on health-related policies and providing opinions.
- Compared to previous years, the national budget has seen an increase in allocation for the health sector.
- The students and teachers of the school have gained awareness about reproductive health during adolescence. The girls themselves have taken initiative to address their health issues.
- Specialist doctors have been included in various programs of the Health Sub-committee.
- Through a reproductive health awareness program for the elderly, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad is gaining recognition among the youth.
- The district branches are providing free healthcare services and distributing medicines. As a result, the participation of women's associations in social activities has increased.
- The rate of maternal mortality is decreasing due to safe motherhood practices.
- In all stages, the curriculum includes reproductive health, sexual behavior, especially adolescent physical and mental health, and the concept of development.
- Maternity leave and day care facilities are being provided to working women.
