Alluding to the patriarchal nature of Bangladesh society, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described as ‘unfortunate’ the tendency to see the current political turmoil as a ‘fight between two women’.
“If the two top leaders of the major parties were men, perhaps this would not have happened,” Hasina said while distributing the Begum Rokeya Awards on Monday.
“Today is the birth anniversary of Begum Rokeya. If the Opposition had withdrawn the blockade today, it should have spared us the blame that this is essentially a fight of two women,” Hasina said.
“If the parties were led by two male leaders, nobody would have seen it as a fight between two men. But now people say this is a fight of two women because both me and the Opposition Leader are women.”
Hasina said it was not enough to raise slogans about female empowerment as we remember the legacy of Begum Rokeya.”We have to work hard to carry forward Begum Rokeya’s legacy”.
She handed over this year’s Begum Rokeya awards to Jharnadhara Chowdhury and Professor Hamida Bano at Dhaka’s Osmani Memorial Hall for their contribution to female empowerment and education.
Source: Bd news24