Courtyard meeting: At the courtyard meeting held on the date 22 January 2023 Kalindi union under Keraniganj Upazila, Ms. Morium Begum (House wife) said Union Parishads need to have a place to get legal aid services, Common people come to Union Parishad for various services especially birth registration, VGF card but they do not find any place in getting legal aid services. In cases where the settlement of land acquisition is not done socially, there is no proper service in the Union Parishad. The government is providing free legal aid to the poor people of the village. So, through today's courtyard meeting, we learned about legal services. We will tell our neighbors Legal Aid Helpline-16430 number and about the government's free legal aid.
UPLAC Orientation: At the UPLAC orientation held on the date 25 January 2023 Bangaon union under Savar Upazila, The Union Legal Aid Committee arranged an orientation for LAC members. Mr. Saiful Islam, New Chairman of the Bangaon Union and also he was president of the Legal Aid Committee and he has chaired the orientation programme. Field officer of the Savar Upazila started the meeting, greeting everyone present. He concluded the presentation on the issue of the Legal Aid Act-2000 and gender related issues with the approval of the UPLAC President, in the order of permission of him and explained all aspects of it beautifully. Later, all of them talked about the matter openly.
UPLAC Bi-monthly meeting: At the UPLAC Bi-monthly meeting held on the date 21 January 2023 Mr. Mogibar Rahman, New Chairmen, Balia Union Parishad, Dhamrai Upazila said the government is providing legal services for the poor at government expense but publicity campaigns should be increased in our union parishad areas as our union is much bigger than other union parishads. Publicity campaigns should be increased. People do not know the Legal Aid Office so they are deprived of legal facilities. Through Union Parishad we have sent two people to the District Legal Aid Office and their case is going on. If government support is available, we can provide a place for legal aid services in the Union Parishad where an officer can assist them with legal aid.
School Debate: At the debate on legal rights and responsibilities held on 25 January 2023, Ms. Shanta, a student of Grade 10 of Ruhitpur high school, Ruhitpur union under Keraniganj Upazila said, “I learned a lot about Legal Aid through debate competitions. The subject of which was the main role of legal aid in helping poor people with the law, we didn't know about Legal Aid issue before after getting the briefing on legal aid and online news and paper cuttings on legal aid including rules and responsibility on Legal rights and provided us a lot of massage through our teacher Md. Sulaiman Sarder sir and PPJ Dhaka project give us left lets, sticker and others important information to help the facilitate for debate, we came to know about such an important facility of Government for getting justice, we will provide them with a Legal Aid helpline number 16430 and also we students will go and message our family and neighborhood people to get legal help and they go to Dhaka Legal Aid Office, If we want to stop violence against women and children, eve teasing and child marriage, we need to create awareness through students like us.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8