December 7, Seven on Tour together with UN Women, BNWLA and the Jahangirnagar University arranged a reading of Seven at the university outside of Dhaka city. The implementation of the Seven on Tour project is part of a year-long Sida funded project to prevent sexual harassment on campuses in three cities in Bangladesh.
Ensemble
- Farhana Sehreen, Assistant professor and Chairman, Dept. of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University
- Barota Chakrobarty, Assistant professor, Dept. of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University
- Momtaz Akter, Lecturer, Dept. of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University
- Habibur Rahman, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University
- Nayema Ahmed, Lecturer, Dept. of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University
- Jafar Sadiq Akhand, News presenter & Reporter, Somoy TV, Dhaka
- Shihab Shawon, Lecturer, Dept. of Drama & Dramatics, Daffodil University
The reading was followed by a discussion amongst student and teacher on how to prevent sexual harassment on the campus. One of the things requested were better and lit busstops to ensure girls getting home safely.
The project will continue with side activities the rest of 2016 and in the beginning of 2017.