Govt should be 'sincere in introducing CEDAW for ensuring women's rights'
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
FE Report
The government should be sincere in introducing the Convention of Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for ensuring rights of women in the country, speakers at a seminar said Tuesday.
They said CEDAW has been fully implemented in 17 Muslim-majority countries and it can as well be possible in the country like Bangladesh without any conflict with any Islamic law.
Citizen's Initiative on CEDAW, Bangladesh, a platform of more than 40 development and human rights organisations, organised the seminar to exchange views on the concluding remarks of the CEDAW committee in the United Nations.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shireen Sharmin Chowdhury attended the seminar as the chief guest while Executive Director of Ain-o-Shalish Kendra Sultana Kamal, Chairman of Law Commission M Shah Alam, former president of UN CEDAW committee Salma Khan, Rawshan Jahan of Women for Women, ActionAid Bangladesh Country Director Farah Kabir, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president Ayesha Khanam and Senior Superintendent of Police Shahana Parveen addressed the seminar, among others.
Chairperson of Ain-o-Shalish Kendra Hamida Ali chaired it.
The state minister said the government has taken short, mid and long term measures to implement the recommendations of CEDAW committee in the United Nations and expressed the hope that the report prepared by Citizen's Initiative on CEDAW, Bangladesh, would help the government prepare its follow-up report on the Convention.
The government should be sincere in introducing the Convention of Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for ensuring rights of women in the country, speakers at a seminar said Tuesday.
They said CEDAW has been fully implemented in 17 Muslim-majority countries and it can as well be possible in the country like Bangladesh without any conflict with any Islamic law.
Citizen's Initiative on CEDAW, Bangladesh, a platform of more than 40 development and human rights organisations, organised the seminar to exchange views on the concluding remarks of the CEDAW committee in the United Nations.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shireen Sharmin Chowdhury attended the seminar as the chief guest while Executive Director of Ain-o-Shalish Kendra Sultana Kamal, Chairman of Law Commission M Shah Alam, former president of UN CEDAW committee Salma Khan, Rawshan Jahan of Women for Women, ActionAid Bangladesh Country Director Farah Kabir, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president Ayesha Khanam and Senior Superintendent of Police Shahana Parveen addressed the seminar, among others.
Chairperson of Ain-o-Shalish Kendra Hamida Ali chaired it.
The state minister said the government has taken short, mid and long term measures to implement the recommendations of CEDAW committee in the United Nations and expressed the hope that the report prepared by Citizen's Initiative on CEDAW, Bangladesh, would help the government prepare its follow-up report on the Convention.