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Repeal gender discriminatory laws, provisions

Women leaders, human righ ts activists urge next govt

Staff Correspondent
Women leaders and human rights activists yesterday urged the upcoming government to repeal all existing gender discriminatory laws and provisions and not to enact such laws in future.
Taking part in a discussion, they said some discriminatory provisions still exist in the laws of tire country although the constitution upholds the spirit of equal rights for men and women.
The women leaders emphasised that the issue of gender equality needs to be integrated in all national level policy' to ensure women development.
They also urged the men to play a gender-sensitive role in establishing equal rights for both men and women.
The discussion titled ’Gender Equality Architecture
Reform (GEAR)’ was organised jointly by Women for Women and South Asia for Campaign Gender Equality (SACGE) at the National Press Club in the city with a view to intensifying the South Asian campaign for gender equality.
Tire speakers urged the UN authorities to create a separate entity to deal with the problems of women at marginal level across the world with a call to appoint a female under secretary general for this purpose.
They said the participation of civil societies and women organisations is necessary to monitor the overall activities of the entity for women in the UN which must have accountability at national and international level.
They also demanded of the United Nations to allocate substantial resource to resolve the crises being faced by tire
women across the globe.
Presenting the keynote paper, SACGE Regional Coordinator Bandana Rana said the main objective of South Asia campaign for gender equality is to take the reflections and perceptions of their women to UN reform process so that they can have a UN that will work effectively for the women at national and international level with more resources, power and authority.
Bandana said Bangladesh government can raise the issue and demand for new gender equality architecture in the United Nations.
By taking part in the next UN General Assembly session, the government can put forward some proposals for strong gender equality architecture to address the existing crises of women across the globe, she added.
She said as the UN Gender Units have limited authority and resources, It is not possible for the UN to address die women issues.
Sujan Secretary Badiul Alam Majumder said it is a good indication that some women have been elected as members of parliament in the recently held elections.
He underscored the need for more women representations in parliament in future to ensure empowerment of women.
"If we want to see their effective participation in decision making, more and more women should come forward to take part in the coming local polls. People want to see a change and I am sure that if women can work in unison from a common platform, it is possible to ensure their all rights," he observed.
Dr Hameeda Hossain, founder member of Ain O Salish Kendro, said pressures from all quarters should be mounted on die government ■so that it takes necessary steps and put forward a set of proposals before the UN in the next general assembly session.
She urged the government to fully ratify the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Cedaw) for removing gender disparity.
She also stressed the need for establishing regional framework to accelerate the campaign for gender equality.
President of Women for Women Salma Khan and immediate-past president of the organisation Dr Mahmuda Islam also spoke on the occasion.