Golam Monowar Kamal, Executive Director, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) commenced the meeting giving introductory remarks.

H.E. Lilly Nicholls, High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh was present as the Chief Guest in the event.

Dr. Meghna Guhathakurata, Executive Director, Research Initiative Bangladesh (RIB) and member of ASK, was the research adviser of the reports.

The research findings of 'Online Child Sexual Abuse in Bangladesh' was shared by Dr. M. Atiqul Haque, Professor, Department of Public Health and Informatics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

Sharmin Rahman Meghla, Research Associate of Dr. Shahidur Rahman Choudhary, Professor, Department of Social Work, Rajshahi University presented the research findings on 'Root Causes of Child Marriage in Bangladesh'.

Dr. Shahidur Rahman Choudhary, Professor, Department of Social Work, Rajshahi University and Shantona Rani Kundu, Assistant Professor, Rajshahi University presented the key findings on ''Root Causes of Child Marriage in Bangladesh'.

Recently, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has conducted two research to analyse the root causes of online child sexual abuse and child marriage in Bangladesh with the support of Beyond Borders-ECPAT Canada. In order to share the findings of the research reports, ASK arranged a consultation event on 22 march 2022 at ASK office. H.E. Lilly Nicholls, High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh was present as the Chief Guest in the event. The research adviser of the two reports- Dr. Meghna Guhathakurata, Executive Director, Research Initiative Bangladesh (RIB) and many other representatives from different Civil Society Organisations were also present in the meeting and shared their valuable observations on the reports.