Acting Australian high commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson said that Australia was committed to advancing gender equality and combating gender-based violence in all its forms.
As countries across the world marked the beginning of 16 days of activism against gender based violence, detective superintendent Matt Craft and detective sergeant Scott Dixon from the Australian federal police were in Dhaka last week to make enquiries in relation to the unconfirmed death of a Bangladeshi-Australian woman, said the high commission on Saturday.
Detective superintendent Craft said that the meetings with the Bangladesh police were productive and that he was very pleased with the engagement, particularly as Bangladesh and Australia recently signed a renewal to their existing memorandum of understanding on police cooperation.
Nardia Simpson, Craft and Dixon met women and children affairs adviser Sharmeen S Murshid and senior secretary, ministry of women and children affairs Mamtaz Ahmed at event to launch the beginning of 16 days of activism against gender based violence.
Simpson said that it was an honour to meet adviser Murshid and senior secretary Mamtaz to learn more about how Bangladesh and Australia could cooperate to combat gender based violence.