Begum Rokeya Day celebrated with women’s karate, cricket match in Noakhali
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Women organised a mass rally, karate performance and cricket match, presented song against violence, solidarity speech and moshal michhil on the eve of Begum Rokeya Day in Noakhali.
The participants demanded ensuring safe movement of women in and out of the workplace, to put an end of anti-woman speeches in all kinds of meetings and conventional religious gatherings, and to start judicial investigations in cases of sexual harassment end all forms of violence against women.
As part of an International campaign of 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence, the event was organised in collaboration with ActionAid Bangladesh and United National Population Fund, right based organization Participatory Research Action Network (PRAN), Gandhi Ashram Trust and Bandhan.
The speakers on the event said that the dream Begum Rokeya portraited in her “Sultana’s Dream”, even after one and a half centuries afterwards, remained a dream society for women.
“Keeping house captivated grounding on religious excuse, sexual assault to break and stifle the advancement of women, incidents of harassment and violence have become a regular scenario of our everyday life,” the speakers said.
In order to achieve the overall freedom and attain own rights, women needed to be more educated as well as getting united and active against violence and oppression instead of practising the culture of remaining silent out of fear of social stigma.
Police Super of Noakhali District Md Alamgir Hossain, the fastest lady of Bangladesh Nazmun Nahar Beauty, middle distance run National Champion Tahiya Akhter Priya addressed their solidarity with this mass gathering.
Women’s right activist Laila Parvin, Nur Nahar Rini, Dipti Nath, local government representative Rowshon Akter Lucky and Raha Naba Kumar- Director of Gandhi Ashram Trust also delivered their solidarity speech.
The event ended with a moshal michhil of women marched and whistled around the city’s main thoroughfare.
