Writers, teachers and activists said on Saturday that women were the vanguard of the student-led mass uprising and their participation in reforms of the state must be ensured.
They made the demand at a discussion titled Goti, Progoti O Narir Protibader Bhasha organised by Uttarsuri to mark the 21st anniversary of the death of women rights activist Noorjehan Murshid at Bangla Academy in the capital.
Social welfare and women and children affairs adviser Sharmeen Murshid, writer and poet Morshed Shafiul Hasan, student activist Prapti Taposhi spoke at the event.
The event was presided by Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq.
At the event, Dhaka University associate professor at the department of Theatre and Performance Studies Shahman Moishan presented the keynote paper titled Narir Protibader Bhasha: Noorjehan Murshider Naarimukti- Bhabanar Lal Bhukhanda.
鈥楢s a way of expressing protest women started practising self-development and chose to resist for freedom instead of suicide which established women self-dignity and development,鈥� said Shahman Moishan, adding that Noorjehan Murshid was one of revolutionaries in the history of politics in post-British rule across the Indian subcontinent. 聽
鈥榃e have to read the history in its entirety,鈥� said Morshed Shafiul Hasan.
鈥榃e have to ensure that after the student-led mass uprising women should not be discriminated against, tortured and neglected,鈥� said Prapti Taposhi.
鈥榃e have to ensure women鈥檚 participation in reforming the state as in any contemporary movement women are the vanguard,鈥� said Sharmeen Murshid. 聽
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq said that we needed educated people in politics and if the politicians carried an advanced mentality, citizens of the state would be benefited.
The event was moderated by artist-critic Mustafa Zaman.