Bangladesh women’s political empowerment spectacular: PM

Pointing at the women’s spectacular leadership at the country’s current parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Begum Rokeya would have been very happy to see that Bangladesh has been able to partially fulfill her dreamland ‘Naristhan’ (place for only women).

"She had always dreamt of a land where there’ll be only women, but this is true that one society can not be run this way, I can tell we’re partially been able to fulfill her dream in Bangladesh and Begum Rokeya would have been so happy to see this," she said.

The prime minister was speaking at a function marking the distributing of Begum Rokeya Padak-2014 at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka, marking the Begum Rokeya Day.

Women and Children Affairs Ministry organised the programme held with State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Ministry Meher Afroz Chumki in the chair.

Hasina said if now one looks at the Bangladesh Parliament, he or she will see that the Speaker of it, the Leader of the House, the Opposition Leader and the Deputy Leader of the House are women.

"This type of combination is hardly found elsewhere in the world…don't know whether this will happen again…Bangladesh is a unique example, had Begum Rokeya been alive today she would have been very happy," she said.

Earlier, the prime minister handed over the Begum Rokeya medals to two erudite women -- Prof Mamtaj Begum and Golap Banu --for their outstanding contributions towards spreading female education, ensuring human rights and immense work for the socio-economic development.