Recently there were two good news to offer to make our women happy. On August 8, 2008 women lawyers' association especially Advocate Fouzia Karim submitted a writ petition to the High Court against sexual harassment at educational institutes.
We are happy that the learned High Court took it seriously and asked the government to take necessary steps regarding this sensitive issue.
Another event took place on the same day at Pirganj under Rangpur district, where hundreds of students, teachers and people's representatives gathered and vowed to root out all sorts of repression and violence against women through creating mass awareness. Paribarik Nirjatan Protirodh Jote (PNPJ) and Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) jointly organised the gathering.
One important aspect of this type of noble initiative is that those were organised at the upazila level. Such a grass root level consciousness would strengthen struggle against women repression.
These two events are most likely to strengthen our girls who have been protesting against women repression in educational institutes for a long time. It would obviously help women development. My heartfelt thanks and respects to the initiators. Lastly I would like to say to our women, "Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not come, we have only today. Let us begin."
Bilkis Rahman
Political Science Department,
Government HSS College, Magura.
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