Give war heroines status of FFs
Demand war heroes, members of civil society
Political leaders, war heroes and members of the civil society have strongly demanded that the status of freedom fighters should be conferred on Biranganas (war heroines) while many of them still face social humiliation even after 40 years of independence.
Calling war heroines as heroic women Awami League presidium member and Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury told the news agency that the demand for giving status of freedom fighters to war heroines is logical.
The nation must be grateful to all of them and they should be given the highest honour, she added.
President of Mahila Parishad Ayesha Khanam said immediately after the independence of the country many Biranganas, who were tortured and raped by the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators during the War of Liberation in 1971, were discarded by their families.
It forced them to live in miseries, she added.
General Secretary of Sector Commander Forum (SCF) Lieutenant General (retd) Harun-Ur-Rashid said the government must recognise the contribution of war heroines and give them honour and status of freedom fighters.
General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh Mujahidul Islam Selim, who was a valiant freedom fighter, said the war heroines should be rehabilitated under a government programme.
He also urged the government to give state honour to them after their death like the honour given to the freedom fighters.
Over two lakh women were violated during the nine-month war.
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman set up rehabilitation centres for them immediately after Bangladesh came into being.
The centres were shut down after the gruesome murder of Bangabandhu on August 15, 1975.
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