CCSEC share position paper

Staff Correspondent: A consultation meeting on ILO Convention 182 and Optional Protocol 2 to UNCRC" was held CIRDAP auditorium in the city on Sunday.

Terre des Hommes Netherlands, under the project “Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CCSEC) Project in Bangladesh” supported by the Delegation of the European Union in Dhaka organized the program.

In the meeting, a position paper has been shared which is the finding of a research to assess the implementation status of ILO Convention 182 and Optional Protocol 2 in Bangladesh.

Gaziuddin Mohammad Munir, Joint Secretary , Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Board Member, SAIEVAC was the chief guest while Md. Ruhul Amin, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment was present as the special guest.

Mahmudul Kabir, Country Director of Terre des Hommes Netherlands gave the welcome speech and chaired the dialogue.

Md. Sharfuddin Khan, consultant of the research paper, shared the keynote paper.

CCSEC project is a forty-two months consortium initiative of Terre des Hommes Netherlands started on January 1, 2016. The project aims to contribute to the elimination of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Bangladesh with a fund of the European Union.

With technical support of Terre des Homes Netherlands Bangladesh, the project is being implemented in collaboration with Social and Economic Enhancement Programme (SEEP), Breaking the Silence (BTS) and Society for Social Services (SSS).

The working areas of the project are Dhaka North City Corporation and Tangail Sadar Upazilla, Tangail district. SEEP serves the Secretariat role to implement CCSEC. SEEP set up two Drop in- Centers in Mirpur for providing holistic services to the children exposed to commercial sexual exploitation and at risk children.

Breaking the Silence (BTS) provides psychosocial care to the children. And, Society for Social Services (SSS) runs a full-fledged shelter home for the rescued children by providing them a comprehensive holistic care.

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