DHAKA: Around 3, 000 women rallied on Friday ( May 16 ) in Bangladesh for the country’s interim government to openly support a commission tasked with addressing gender-based violence.
The Women’s Affairs Reform Commission was set up by the caretaker government of Nobel Peace prize success Muhammad Yunus in November as part of its efforts to reform devices established during the iron-fisted principle of former Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina.
Bangladesh’s important coalition of radical Islamist events has called for the fee to become abolished, saying the changes it suggested were against Islamist philosophy.
Jannatul Ferdous, a 40-year-old laborer, who took part in the protest, told AFP violence against women had been increasing.
” The situation is worse than it was 16 years before. The ( Islamist ) hardliners have gained too much strength”, she said.
The commission has recommended a standard home password rather of Muslim family laws, which governs estate, relationship, marriage and other problems.
The opposition was organised in the investment Dhaka by’ Narir Daake Moitree Jatra’, a children’s movements pressing for equal privileges.
” The interim government may realize its constitutional position and taking action against the conservative party that is spreading propaganda and misinformation against the reform fee”, the women’s program said in a statement.
” The authoritarian team is using spirituality as a weapon to terrorise people”, it said.
” We have been witnessing dislike activities, threats and organised crime. We would like to know who the government is coordinating with”.
Hasina was overthrown by student-led mass protests in August 2024 and now lives in self-imposed banishment in India.
Her state was blamed for considerable human rights abuses, and she took a strong endure against Islamist movements during her 15-year guideline.
Bangladesh has seen a surge of open support for Islamist groups since her ouster.
The protesters, including tea and garment workers, marched with placards, beat drums and sang protest songs.