UNB, Dhaka :
Claiming Bangladesh women’s spectacular leadership in its current parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday 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 cannot 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 of Begum Rokeya Padak-2014 distribution at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital, marking the Begum Rokeya Day.
Women and Children Affairs Ministry organised the programme held with State Minister for Women and Children Meher Afroz Chumki in the chair.
Hasina said, if one looks at the Bangladesh Parliament now, 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 all women.
“Such a combination is hardly found elsewhere in the world…I 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.
Sheikh Hasina hoped that not a single girl of the country will remain uneducated as her government created huge opportunities for their education and make them as dignified and self-dependent human resources as dreamt by Begum Rokeya.
She said, Begum Rokeya’s dream was to develop neglected women as educated and self-dependent and she would last ever in the heart of every educated woman as most of her dreams have now become a reality.
Terming Begum Rokeya the pioneer of awakening women’s rights, the Prime Minister said her ideals, inspiration and working spirit showed the path of freedom to the incarcerated womenfolk.
Claiming Bangladesh women’s spectacular leadership in its current parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday 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 cannot 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 of Begum Rokeya Padak-2014 distribution at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital, marking the Begum Rokeya Day.
Women and Children Affairs Ministry organised the programme held with State Minister for Women and Children Meher Afroz Chumki in the chair.
Hasina said, if one looks at the Bangladesh Parliament now, 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 all women.
“Such a combination is hardly found elsewhere in the world…I 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.
Sheikh Hasina hoped that not a single girl of the country will remain uneducated as her government created huge opportunities for their education and make them as dignified and self-dependent human resources as dreamt by Begum Rokeya.
She said, Begum Rokeya’s dream was to develop neglected women as educated and self-dependent and she would last ever in the heart of every educated woman as most of her dreams have now become a reality.
Terming Begum Rokeya the pioneer of awakening women’s rights, the Prime Minister said her ideals, inspiration and working spirit showed the path of freedom to the incarcerated womenfolk.
