On October 11, 2013, CCS marked the International Day of the Girl Child with an event at Grant McEwan University that featured a screening of the movie Three Deadliest Words in the World and a keynote address by Rumana Monzur, an Assistant Professor at Dhaka University who is now studying law after completing MS in political science at the University of British Columbia. She was blinded by her husband Hasan Sayeed Sumon in a brutal attack during a trip back home in 2011. While domestic violence had left her blind for life, she surmounted obstacles by summoning the indomitable spirit to pursue higher education and stand up against gender violence. That one voice is now lending voices to many others.
A panel discussion followed the keynote speech.