Enhancing the capacity of the right holders in Tea Gardens

A day long workshop on enhancing the capacity of the right holders and strengthening the existing data collection system in Tea Gardens of Sylhet Division under UN joint SDG programme was held at Grand Sultan Tea Resort, Sreemongal, Moulvibazar on September 29, 2021.

The inauguration event was chaired by Md. Mehedi Hasan, ADC -Revenue, Moulvibazar and Mir Nahid Ahsan, DC, Moulvibazar was the chief guest. Dr. Premananda Mondol, Civil Surgeon, Sylhet; Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Civil Surgeon, Habiganj; Md. Nazrul Islam, UNO, Sreemangal; Mahboob E Alam, Chief a.i PPR unit, UNFPA; Prof. Dr. M.A Halim, Director, RCH Unit, CIPRB; Tahsin A Chowdhury, BTA Member and Alexius Chicham, National Programme Coordinator, SDG Joint Programme for Tea Garden were present at the event as special guests. 

At first Mr. Md. Mahbub-E- Alam- Chief a.i PPR, UNFPA delivered the welcome Remarks and shared the objective. He highlighted on the necessity of access to information in maternal health care and importance of collection and integration of relevant data. Tea garden community is one of the left behind community of the country. Female tea garden workers do not have the access to proper healthcare as most of the information is not available to them. Relevant data collection, and integration is a vital factor for making government and private sectors’ initiative successful. Mir Nahid Ahsan, the DC of Moulvibazar emphasized on the social services to be available for the female tea garden workers and their family members. By ensuring education, sustainable social safety net planning and execution, women empowerment and their participation in decision making process the standard of life can be improved in the tea gardens. And harmonized data on tea gardens is vital to take proper measures to achieve the sustainable development goals and no one will be left behind. Press release