Ratify CEDAW charter
Speakers at a discussion held in Rajshahi yesterday urged the government to fully ratify and implement the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Borandra Unnayan Forum of Rajshahi organised the discussion at Rajshahi Public Library auditorium to mark the CEDAW Day.
Speakers said Bangladesh is a signatory to the charter but it is yet to be fully ratified and implemented. Bangladesh played a commendable role in framing the CEDAW Charter and committed to fully implement it, they said.
Immediate past government did not give legal effect to Section 2 and Part 1(F) of Section 16 of the charter, they alleged.
They demanded of the caretaker government to fully ratify the charter for removing gender discrimination.
Among others, Boradra Unnayan Forum president Hasinul Islam, Social Welfare Department deputy director Khoda Bux, former deputy director Mozammel Haque, Rajshahi City Corporation councillor Bilkis Banu, Shariful Islam Babu, BLAST Rajshahi coordinator Advocate Abdus Samad, BUF secretary Faizullah Chowdhury, NGO representative SK Lalon and Sayed Salauddin addressed.
Civil society members including teachers, local government representatives, government officials, NGO representatives, different professional bodies and media professionals attended.
Earlier, a colorful procession was brought out in the city to mark the CEDAW Day. Processionists paraded different streets carrying colourful banners and posters.
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