Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication organized a day-long capacity-building training on ‘Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence’ at the Shapla Resource Centre auditorium in Mymensingh on February 25, 2025. Twenty women representatives of women-headed civil society organizations/NGOs, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations in attended the training.

The objectives of the training were to provide ideas and raise awareness among women representatives of civil society organizations, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations about preventing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)  and determine and implement an action plan for civil society organizations to prevent TFGBV and to strive to assist victims of gender-based violence through technology at the local level in obtaining legal remedies.

Nishtha Unnayan Sangha is providing overall support as a supporting organization in organizing the training in the Mymensingh region. At the beginning of the training, Mr. Swadheen Chowdhury, Executive Director of Nishtha Unnayan Sangha, delivered a welcome speech and discussed the context of gender-based violence committed with the help of technology in the Mymensingh region. BNNRC CEO AHM Bazlur Rahman and Program Coordinator Hiren Pandit conducted the training.

The training included broadly two sessions. After the introduction phase, AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO of BNNRC, conducted the first session. In this session, he discussed the training’s objective, including the context and situation of TFGBV in Bangladesh, the definition of TFGBV, its types, the impact of TFGBV on women, what can be done at the individual level to prevent technology-assisted gender-based violence, hotlines and apps for prevention. He also discussed the role of relevant multi-stakeholder partners in preventing TFGBV and assisting victims or survivors of TFGBV in obtaining redress.

Mr. Hiren Pandit, coordinator of BNNRC, conducted the second session.  He discussed misinformation and disinformation and how to prevent it, including public hearings and the process for raising complaints of victims or survivors of TFGBV organized by the local administration at the public hearing.

The participants were given pre- and post-evaluations.

Mr. Mir Akram Uddin Ahmed, Director, Department of Mass Communication, Mymensingh, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. He mentioned that we need to know about the causes of violence caused by technology, and to remedy it, we need to work with everyone in the society. We need to fight this war with everyone. Mr. Din Mohammad Dinu, Deputy Director, Mass Communication, Mymensingh Agricultural University, was present as the special guest. He said that everyone needs to work on the subject of today’s training, which is very important. At the end of the training, the participants expressed their opinions and certificates were distributed among everyone.

In the closing session, the participants expressed their opinions. One participant, Ms. Purnima Chauhan, said, “I have become aware of the issues myself, but I did not know that these issues can be brought under the scope of public hearings. From now on, I will be able to use public hearings in such incidents.” Ms. Sanjana Afroz said it was a timely training; it would have been better if it had been done for a longer period.

Certificates were distributed at the end of the training.

Through the training, awareness will increase in preventing gender-based violence through technology at the local level. In addition, victims of technology-facilitated gender-based violence will be encouraged to seek remedies from legal aid organizations.

BNNRC’s work effort is to develop the media on both knowledge-based and ongoing media issues, taking into account the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly changing reality of the media. BNNRC works as a knowledge-driven media development organization in the regional, national, and international arenas. It is a Special Consultative Organization of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society and the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It is the winner and champion of the United Nations WSIS Prize in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023.

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication organized a day-long capacity-building training on ‘Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence’ at the Shapla Resource Centre auditorium in Mymensingh on February 25, 2025. Twenty women representatives of women-headed civil society organizations/NGOs, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations in attended the training.

The objectives of the training were to provide ideas and raise awareness among women representatives of civil society organizations, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations about preventing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)  and determine and implement an action plan for civil society organizations to prevent TFGBV and to strive to assist victims of gender-based violence through technology at the local level in obtaining legal remedies.

Nishtha Unnayan Sangha is providing overall support as a supporting organization in organizing the training in the Mymensingh region. At the beginning of the training, Mr. Swadheen Chowdhury, Executive Director of Nishtha Unnayan Sangha, delivered a welcome speech and discussed the context of gender-based violence committed with the help of technology in the Mymensingh region. BNNRC CEO AHM Bazlur Rahman and Program Coordinator Hiren Pandit conducted the training.

The training included broadly two sessions. After the introduction phase, AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO of BNNRC, conducted the first session. In this session, he discussed the training’s objective, including the context and situation of TFGBV in Bangladesh, the definition of TFGBV, its types, the impact of TFGBV on women, what can be done at the individual level to prevent technology-assisted gender-based violence, hotlines and apps for prevention. He also discussed the role of relevant multi-stakeholder partners in preventing TFGBV and assisting victims or survivors of TFGBV in obtaining redress.

Mr. Hiren Pandit, coordinator of BNNRC, conducted the second session.  He discussed misinformation and disinformation and how to prevent it, including public hearings and the process for raising complaints of victims or survivors of TFGBV organized by the local administration at the public hearing.

The participants were given pre- and post-evaluations.

Mr. Mir Akram Uddin Ahmed, Director, Department of Mass Communication, Mymensingh, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. He mentioned that we need to know about the causes of violence caused by technology, and to remedy it, we need to work with everyone in the society. We need to fight this war with everyone. Mr. Din Mohammad Dinu, Deputy Director, Mass Communication, Mymensingh Agricultural University, was present as the special guest. He said that everyone needs to work on the subject of today’s training, which is very important. At the end of the training, the participants expressed their opinions and certificates were distributed among everyone.

In the closing session, the participants expressed their opinions. One participant, Ms. Purnima Chauhan, said, “I have become aware of the issues myself, but I did not know that these issues can be brought under the scope of public hearings. From now on, I will be able to use public hearings in such incidents.” Ms. Sanjana Afroz said it was a timely training; it would have been better if it had been done for a longer period.

Certificates were distributed at the end of the training.

Through the training, awareness will increase in preventing gender-based violence through technology at the local level. In addition, victims of technology-facilitated gender-based violence will be encouraged to seek remedies from legal aid organizations.

BNNRC’s work effort is to develop the media on both knowledge-based and ongoing media issues, taking into account the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly changing reality of the media. BNNRC works as a knowledge-driven media development organization in the regional, national, and international arenas. It is a Special Consultative Organization of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society and the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It is the winner and champion of the United Nations WSIS Prize in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023.

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication organized a day-long capacity-building training on ‘Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence’ at the Shapla Resource Centre auditorium in Mymensingh on February 25, 2025. Twenty women representatives of women-headed civil society organizations/NGOs, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations in attended the training.

The objectives of the training were to provide ideas and raise awareness among women representatives of civil society organizations, women leaders, and women representatives of human rights protection organizations about preventing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)  and determine and implement an action plan for civil society organizations to prevent TFGBV and to strive to assist victims of gender-based violence through technology at the local level in obtaining legal remedies.

Nishtha Unnayan Sangha is providing overall support as a supporting organization in organizing the training in the Mymensingh region. At the beginning of the training, Mr. Swadheen Chowdhury, Executive Director of Nishtha Unnayan Sangha, delivered a welcome speech and discussed the context of gender-based violence committed with the help of technology in the Mymensingh region. BNNRC CEO AHM Bazlur Rahman and Program Coordinator Hiren Pandit conducted the training.

The training included broadly two sessions. After the introduction phase, AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO of BNNRC, conducted the first session. In this session, he discussed the training’s objective, including the context and situation of TFGBV in Bangladesh, the definition of TFGBV, its types, the impact of TFGBV on women, what can be done at the individual level to prevent technology-assisted gender-based violence, hotlines and apps for prevention. He also discussed the role of relevant multi-stakeholder partners in preventing TFGBV and assisting victims or survivors of TFGBV in obtaining redress.

Mr. Hiren Pandit, coordinator of BNNRC, conducted the second session.  He discussed misinformation and disinformation and how to prevent it, including public hearings and the process for raising complaints of victims or survivors of TFGBV organized by the local administration at the public hearing.

The participants were given pre- and post-evaluations.

Mr. Mir Akram Uddin Ahmed, Director, Department of Mass Communication, Mymensingh, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. He mentioned that we need to know about the causes of violence caused by technology, and to remedy it, we need to work with everyone in the society. We need to fight this war with everyone. Mr. Din Mohammad Dinu, Deputy Director, Mass Communication, Mymensingh Agricultural University, was present as the special guest. He said that everyone needs to work on the subject of today’s training, which is very important. At the end of the training, the participants expressed their opinions and certificates were distributed among everyone.

In the closing session, the participants expressed their opinions. One participant, Ms. Purnima Chauhan, said, “I have become aware of the issues myself, but I did not know that these issues can be brought under the scope of public hearings. From now on, I will be able to use public hearings in such incidents.” Ms. Sanjana Afroz said it was a timely training; it would have been better if it had been done for a longer period.

Certificates were distributed at the end of the training.

Through the training, awareness will increase in preventing gender-based violence through technology at the local level. In addition, victims of technology-facilitated gender-based violence will be encouraged to seek remedies from legal aid organizations.

BNNRC’s work effort is to develop the media on both knowledge-based and ongoing media issues, taking into account the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly changing reality of the media. BNNRC works as a knowledge-driven media development organization in the regional, national, and international arenas. It is a Special Consultative Organization of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society and the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It is the winner and champion of the United Nations WSIS Prize in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023.