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Women in Bangladesh : hope or disappointment ?
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02/04/2013 16:43
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It was 1960s, my mother used to be a very talented student in her school. When she was merely a 13 years old little girl, my grandfather decided to get her married. Hearing this shocking news, school teachers went to request my Nana (Grandfather) not to destroy my mother’s bright future. They tried to make him understand about the importance of education for my mother. Unfortunately my Nana could not understand what he is going to do. However, time has been changed, my mother and her highly ambitious husband ( my father :P) realized the importance of education for their 3 daughters. My eldest sister is now associate professor of Animal Husbandry and veterinary science in University of Rajshahi. My other sister completed her Masters in Islamic History. I have also completed my Masters recently. Things are gradually changing a lot in Bangladesh.Women education in Bangladesh is increasing day by day.
In development of Bangladesh, women are also taking part broadly. Women are working almost in every development sector in our country. This is happening because of women education. People are now more conscious about sending their daughters to schools.
Beyond this positive picture, if we turn the other page we will find another ugly chapter of our women, about which we are almost silent to raise our voice. Following the international media and corporate world our women are also being used as products by our national media. Breaking the traditional modest status, women are highly encouraged to open up their beauty and body. Though our Indian sub continental women always maintained modest dress and modesty of Indian sub continental women is a great part of our culture. Very unfortunately forgetting modesty and cultural heritage our women are accepting western clothing. They have started believing that, western clothing is like symbol of freedom. Tv dramas, movies and very importantly Indian movies and serials are also playing a vital role to destroy our cultural Identity.
Women persecution and rape cases have been increased alarmingly. Over the last 4 years in Bangladesh 13 thousand women have been raped, nearly 50 thousand women have been persecuted somehow.
Bangladesh Human Rights Commission's executive Alina Khan said, women persecution in Bangladesh has been increased categorically.
Bangladesh women lawyers association's chief executive Salma Ali said, rape cases in Bangladesh has increased as like as in India.
President of national women association Ayesha Khanam said, whatever the statistics of women persecution is, it doesn't matter. But the most important thing is vulnerability of women persecution has been deteriorated. Now women are not only being raped, they are being killed afterward.
Young Doctor Sajia Afrin Eva has been killed by her colleague doctor in the same clinic last year. Professor of Dhaka University Rumana Monjur was severely tortured by her husband and she lost her eyes. A clinical killer raped a woman and cut her body into 24 pieces in a hotel in the capital city of Bangladesh. He confessed what he did in front of the journalists.
If we start counting the women persecution cases, we might not finish. Besides women pornography is now a devastating issue in Bangladesh. Young girls and boys are hugely involved in free mixing, while we are talking about social changes this is containing the poison for destroying our children. In the universities and colleges a particular student political group is conducting sex business using girls.
Women education is important, but we cannot slaughter our cultural, religious heritage, which is causing dark future for our women. A steady revolution is must for stopping the current destructive changes in our society and the westernization of our culture. Otherwise our women will lost their identity and our society will be destroyed as like as the western societies.
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Women in Bangladesh
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I wonder how Government is destroying our culture deliberately! Nothing good is expected more from this brutal government. We are to be conscious. People who understand that we are being destroyed must help others understand. Women education is not only important but must as they are the half of the society but what is happening is they are getting educated but without the true knowledge of Islam. Islamic education is must for every male or female in the country to remove corruption and anarchy.
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I had mentioned in my another comment that, the government is actually acting like an expired anti- virus. It's causing more trouble than protecting and yet demand you to renew (elect again) it.
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Expired anti-virus! I am laughing out loud :Drn
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I think it little differently.Solely a government only can not protect our society from this destruction. Rather we have to bring back family values, parents have to be conscious about their daughters. Government can play a vital role but not entirely.Government can set up sensor board to stop pornography, religious education can be arranged broadly for each and every educational institutions. Business institutions specially about advertisement on Tv channels must be monitored. Above all a social movement against the westernization must be run by us to protect our women from destruction..
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I totally agree with you. We can do everything but we have to be united first because United we stand, divided we fall.
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According to Al- Tirmidhi, Hadith 74; "The seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim." As "Muslim" does not mean only "Men"; therefore, it is obligatory for "Women" to seek knowledge for the betterment of the family, and the world. Napoleon Bonaparte also said "Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation". There is no doubt that all the first world countries are technologically advanced, so we will definitely take the knowledge from them, but that does not mean we (Muslim men and women) will adapt/copy their godless culture! Unfortunately, there are many Muslims, who are influenced by the local culture and tradition, do not necessarily represent the proper teachings of Islam; however, local and international media use those Muslims to misinterpret "Islam". Even though, the majority of Bangladeshis identify them self as Muslims, but a fraction of them really know about the teachings of "Islam", thereby very easily influenced by the media and its propaganda, for which I would personally blame the "Scholars of Islam" in Bangladesh who had failed to deliver the "Message", because of their own hypocrisy! Above all, we want "ISLAMIC REVOLUTION" in Bangladesh, just like I ran after Raza Shah, in order to achieve that we need "DEDICATED ISLAMIC SCHOLARS" (men and women).
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