“Amio Achi”

On the eve of the coming International Women’s Day, IMAGE, a joint initiative of The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN), RedOrange Media and Communications, Terre Des Hommes Netherlands, Terre Des Hommes Lausanne, SKS Foundation and Pollisree, has inaugurated its week long National level and Social media campaign Amio Achi (March 05 – 11) through a press conference.

Organized by RedOrange Media and communication, the press conference was held at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity Sagar-Runi Auditorium. Leading representative of the partner organizations, Mahmudul Kabir, Country director of Terre Des Hommes, Arnob Chakrabarty, Managing director of RedOrange, Saiful Alam Director Program of SKS, Shamim Ara Begum, Executive Director, Pollisree, Morium Nesa, National Coordinator of Child Protection, Terre Des Hommes Lousanne spoke about the current conditions, took in questions from the audience and requested present media personnel to help promote the cause. Farhana Jesmine Hasan, IMAGE’s project director, presented the Press note and the first look at the music video about married children by IMAGE’s Brand Ambassador Chirkutt band.

National Girl Child Advocacy Forum, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum, Girls Not Brides has expressed their solidarity with this campaign.