Radio Meghna has won the first prize under the News Report criteria for a report titled 'Women aborting for fear of female childbirth'.
The first prize crest, certificates, and cheque of Tk 50 thousand were handed over to Radio Meghna yesterday by UNICEF's goodwill Ambassadors-magician Jewel Aich, Actor Arifa Zaman Moushumi.
The UN organisation UNICEF confers Meena media awards to inspire better and objective reporting on child rights, and other issues relevant to the wellbeing of children across Bangladesh.
Radio Meghna works to eradicate discrimination in society, tackle the bad impact on climate change and protect the environment, promote sustainable development of fisheries and agricultural resources, promote social, cultural and rural development, gender equality and education, and raise the voice of poor people to enhance people's capacity.