World Population Day being observed

The World Population Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Monday, reports the UNB.

 

The theme of the Day this year is: 'investing in teenage girls’.

 

According to UNFPA, teenage girls around the world face enormous challenges. Many are considered by their communities or parents to be ready for marriage and motherhood.

 

Many are forced from school, damaging their future prospects. Even among girls who stay in school, access to basic information about their health, human rights and reproductive rights can be hard to come by, leaving them vulnerable to illness, injury and exploitation.

 

These challenges are exacerbated among marginalized girls, such as members of ethnic minorities or those living in poverty or remote areas.

 

Yet when teenage girls are empowered, when they know about their rights and are given the tools to succeed, they become agents of positive change in their communities.

 

Various organisations have chalked out elaborate programs to observe the day.

 

Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have issued separate messages on the occasion.

 

In his message, the President underscored the need for creating massive awareness to protect teenage girls from all social menaces, including early marriage.

 

He also urged all concerned to come forward to build a beautiful and safe planet for the new and future generation.

 

The Prime Minister, in her message, urged all concerned to ensure the best use of all establishments set up at grassroots level to provide family planning, mother-child and reproductive health services in order to build a healthy nation.