Women's Rights
Govt bows down to religious fundamentalism
Alleges Sultana Kamal
Although the government has taken some praiseworthy steps to curb militancy, it bows down to religious fundamentalism whenever it comes to women's rights and interests, eminent rights activist Sultana Kamal said yesterday.
Referring to the recently passed Hindu Marriage Registration Act, 2012, she said the government had bowed down to some Hindu fundamentalists through keeping the provision that made Hindu marriage registration optional despite categorical demand of Hindu women to make it mandatory.
"Those, who do the 'politics for vote', will not take care of us. So we will have to think about our rights and dignity ourselves," she told the inaugural session of the fourth national convention-2012 of Bikoshito Nari Network, an initiative of The Hunger Project-Bangladesh for empowering grassroots level women, in the capital's LGED auditorium.
The rights activist, who was also former adviser to a caretaker government, urged women to continue their struggle against the culture of cornering women with the use of religious excuses.
Around 1,200 women's leaders of Bikoshito Nari Network, which was formed in April 2006, from across the country attended the convention.
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