Strict application of law essential to check women repression: CA
Friday, 12 December 2008
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday said strict application of law is equally essential as change of mindset, values and morality is necessary to check repression on women, reports UNB.
The head of the caretaker government made the remark at a function organised by the Women and Children Affairs Ministry at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium for in the city distributing Begum Rokeya Padak 2008 marking Begum Rokeya Day 2008.
Begum Rokeya Day 2008 was scheduled to be observed on December 9 but as the holy Eid-ul-Azha coincided with the day, it was shifted to December 11.
This year Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Nasrin Parvin Huq (posthumous) were awarded the Begum Rokeya Padak, a national award, for their contribution to women education and women development.
Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman received the award personally from the CA, while late Nasrin Parvin Huq's award was received by her younger daughter.
Women and Children Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury presided over the function. Secretary of the Ministry Rokeya Sultana also spoke on the occasion.
Advisers, Special Assistants to the CA, members of various women and children's organisations, and government officials were present.
Addressing the function, the CA said the relentless efforts of Begum Rokeya were behind the positive achievements the women in Bangladesh now enjoyed.
He said at present, women are much advanced in trade and commerce, medical and engineering, science, civil and military administration- in every sphere of development - as well as in state politics.
But it is a matter of great sorrow, the CA said, when women still become victims of dowry and eve-teasing, while mothers, sisters, housewives, domestic helps and girl students become victims of repression at homes, offices and educational institutions.
"We want to see the end of it," he told the function.
Dr Fakhruddin urged the social scientists, media, civic society and the lawyers to come forward to help check repression on women.
He also said Begum Rokeya's efforts and her extraordinary qualities that had awakened the backward women community of the 19th Century and showed them the path of emancipation.
Begum Rokeya still remained the torchbearer for women and her words are equally relevant in the 21st Century, he said.
The CA called upon to all including private institutions, women organisations, civil society and conscious sections of people to work together along side the government to ensure women education and empowerment as well as their security and self-reliance.
Later, a cultural progarmme based on the life and works of Begum Rokeya was staged at the function.
The head of the caretaker government made the remark at a function organised by the Women and Children Affairs Ministry at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium for in the city distributing Begum Rokeya Padak 2008 marking Begum Rokeya Day 2008.
Begum Rokeya Day 2008 was scheduled to be observed on December 9 but as the holy Eid-ul-Azha coincided with the day, it was shifted to December 11.
This year Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Nasrin Parvin Huq (posthumous) were awarded the Begum Rokeya Padak, a national award, for their contribution to women education and women development.
Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman received the award personally from the CA, while late Nasrin Parvin Huq's award was received by her younger daughter.
Women and Children Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury presided over the function. Secretary of the Ministry Rokeya Sultana also spoke on the occasion.
Advisers, Special Assistants to the CA, members of various women and children's organisations, and government officials were present.
Addressing the function, the CA said the relentless efforts of Begum Rokeya were behind the positive achievements the women in Bangladesh now enjoyed.
He said at present, women are much advanced in trade and commerce, medical and engineering, science, civil and military administration- in every sphere of development - as well as in state politics.
But it is a matter of great sorrow, the CA said, when women still become victims of dowry and eve-teasing, while mothers, sisters, housewives, domestic helps and girl students become victims of repression at homes, offices and educational institutions.
"We want to see the end of it," he told the function.
Dr Fakhruddin urged the social scientists, media, civic society and the lawyers to come forward to help check repression on women.
He also said Begum Rokeya's efforts and her extraordinary qualities that had awakened the backward women community of the 19th Century and showed them the path of emancipation.
Begum Rokeya still remained the torchbearer for women and her words are equally relevant in the 21st Century, he said.
The CA called upon to all including private institutions, women organisations, civil society and conscious sections of people to work together along side the government to ensure women education and empowerment as well as their security and self-reliance.
Later, a cultural progarmme based on the life and works of Begum Rokeya was staged at the function.