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Hasina Begum – Voice of Protest

The name of the union is `Fazilpur’ of Dinajpur sadar upazila under Dinajpur district. There has been working nine (9) Social Support Group (SSG) facilitating by GRAWHREE project around nine wards aiming protect violence against women and economic empowerment of women in this union. The vital member of SSG Ward No. 1 Hasina Begum protest if any unjust, unfair event occurs in her account she must protest that. Once few people have come to Hasina’s home for having donation to administer a marriage of someone, she asked about bride, she knows that the name of the bride is Parul daughter of Day laborer Pamuddin. Parul was only 13 years of age. She donated nothing, then and then she went to Parul’s home. Hasina tried to convince her mother Aurina not to administer Parul’s marriage because not as much of aged of her. Hasina tried to counsel her saying, various physical, complexities, disappearances and disorders shall occur. She mentioned legal sections on early marriage but Hasina could not be able to understand Paruls’ mother. Aurina Said,’ we are poor, we need to go out side of house, and Parul stays at home alone and unsecured. If any incident occur what will be then? So I want to complete Parul’s marriage. Hasina answer that, Marriage Registrar (Kazi) could not administer the marriage without Parul’s birth registration. Parul’s aunty informed Hasina that they collect Parul’s birth registration from the secretary of Union Parishad. Informing that Hasina then and then went to UP member of Ward-1 and President of Social Support Group Md. Abdur Rahim and asked him how could secretary give false birth registration where he mentioned Parul’s age 18 Years whereas she is only 13, how dare he could like this immoral deed? It is not tolerable said Hasina. She declared to sit in Union Parishad with all the members of SSG. Abdur Rahim then share with the other UP members. In that time secretary of UP secretly return back the birth registration from Parul’s aunty. Parul’s mother could not collect the birth registration any longer and an early marriage could stop for a certain period of time.

Hasina could accept challenge and gain to stop an unethical doing by her commitment not tolerate violence against women and early marriage is the first step of all kinds of violence occurs against women. Hasina promised that, any kind of wrong doing against women that occurs violence must stop at any means.

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