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WOMEN-EQUALITY
Coordinated-education to stop violent attitude towards women stressed
By Mahfuza Jasmine
DHAKA, March 07, 2020 (BSS)-Ahead of the International Women Day to be marked tomorrow, women personalities here today underscored the need for coordinated education in educational institutions aiming to prevent violent attitude against women.
Dhaka University (DU) Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) Professor Dr Nasreen Ahmad, Jatiya Press Club General Secretary Farida Yasmin and Ain O Salish Kendra Executive Director Sheepa Hafiza were sharing their views on this issue while giving interviews with BSS.
They expressed identical view that women have gained enormous achievements in last ten years after the independence of Bangladesh.
They said women have been discharging their duties with utmost sincerity and efficiency holding various important posts.
Violent attitude towards women and children is a major stumbling block in the way of women empowerment, they added.
Professor Dr Nasreen Ahmad said special attention towards women education and its expansion have helped women advance from grassroots to upper tier of society.
Educational institutions can play a pragmatic role in building a society free from gender inequality, she said, adding that institution can provide a good and effective idea of equality through its educational curriculum.
From the idea children will be able to show respect to women and it will also educate them to be generous, empathetic as well as sensitive towards women, she added.
Ain O Salish Kendra Executive Director Sheepa Hafiza said usage of negative word in textbooks regarding women could develop negative thoughts in children’s mind.
Hafiza, also a renowned human rights activist, sought for society-based education instead of only school centric education.
She went on saying that family, institution and society should play a vital role in a body in developing ideal mind set among children.
On women empowerment, Jatiya Press Club General Secretary Farida Yasmin said that Bangladesh is now topping in South Asia in this regard.
If violence against women cannot be stopped, the desired women empowerment will not be possible, she said. She also urged the concerned authority for inclusion of the idea of gender equality in textbooks to create an idyllic mind set among children.
Nasreen Ahmad said Bangladesh has many laws to protect women and establish gender equality.
She put emphasis on proper application of these laws to help women empowerment take root.
Ain O Salish Kendra Executive Director Sheepa Hafiza also called for enacting time-befitting new laws for women-protection as many old laws need to be updated.
She advised concerned authorities to get strengthened to create suitable environment for women empowerment.
She underscored the need for ‘Safe Internet Usage’ in the country to ensure women safety and urged all law enforcement agencies to be more respectful to women.
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