Annual Report - Police Reform Programme

Police Reform Programme
(Phase-II)
Two orientations on VSC services and access to justice for persons with disabilities were held on 2
and 11 August 2012. The orientations were organized for fifty-five police officers from forty-eight DMP
police stations in order to increase the number of referrals to the Dhaka VSC. VSCs staff members
were also trained on basic investigation skill regarding sexual assault cases, an initiative jointly
organized by Component 3 and 5 during 2012.
A meeting in Rangamati was organized for journalists on 19 July 2012 in the Superintendent of
Police's office. The objective of the meeting was to share information on services available at the
Rangamati VSC and to advise on the process of referring victims to the VSC. Twenty journalists from
various print and electronic media, in addition to the President of the Rangamati Press Club, were
present at the meeting.
Three trainings were organized with PRP assistance on dealing with child victims at Rangamati,
Nandail and Bhaluka Police Stations during 2012. A total of 119 participants, of whom twenty were
women police officers, now have a better understanding of child victims in general and of the method
of referring child victims to the VSCs for appropriate assistance.
The PRP conducted a training course on psychosocial counselling for fourteen police officers from
Dhaka and Chittagong VSCs and six NGO representatives at the Dhaka Trauma Centre. The
objective of the training was to provide a clear understating on the main factors related to
psychosocial counselling.
The PRP also facilitated three workshops in the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) station, and
Dhaka and Rangamati VSCs. The objectives of the workshops were to develop a working modality
for the Rajshahi VSC, to increase partnership and coordination between the Bangladesh Police and
NGOs in Rangamati and to hold orientations for new staff members at the Dhaka VSC on VSC
support. A total of seventy-eight participants attended the workshops, of whom seven were from
NGOs and the rest, including thirty-eight women police officers, were from the Bangladesh Police.
The PRP became involved in One Billion Rising, a global call to end VAW, by arranging discussions
with police officers. Discussions were also held with BPWN members in various police stations and
aimed to create awareness among officers on the global campaign and strategies on addressing
VAW.
Networking: A high-level sixteen-member government delegation
from UNDP Cambodia visited the Dhaka VSC on 14 March 2012.
On behalf of the UNDP Country Office, Gender Specialist, Ms.
Sookhee Kwak, was present during the visit.
Another delegation led by Ms. Macha Farrant, Security and Justice
Adviser of DFID Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department,
visited the Dhaka VSC on 26
June 2012. Mr. Hector Diaz
Soliman, Team Leader of Community Legal Service of Maxwell
Stamp Ltd. and Mr. Muhd. Rafiquzzaman, Governance Advisor of
DFID Bangladesh, were also present, among others, during the
visit. The delegation later met with the PRP management in
Police Headquarters.
Another five-member delegation consisting of representatives
from the Bhutan Human Rights Commission, Royal Bhutan
Police and NGOs also visited the Dhaka VSC on 27 June 2012.
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