Dr. Yunus, Photo: Collected.
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Chief advisor Professor Dr. Women leaders held a meeting with Muhammad Yunus. In a meeting held at the Rashtriya Guest House Yamuna on Tuesday, they demanded speedy treatment of those injured in the agitation and the formation of a Judicial Reforms Commission to avoid repeating previous mistakes. At this time, they also put forward several recommendations to prevent violence against women. The Chief Adviser assured to consider their demands and recommendations positively.

After the meeting, adviser on environment, forest and climate change, Syeda Rizwana Hasan told the journalists this information. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam was present at this time.

“Our aim was to listen to everyone and take their views in line with the larger reform plan we have,” Rizwana said, noting that emphasis was placed on creating a priority list.

He said, “We cannot decide everything in a one-hour meeting.” These will be discussed with other stakeholders. The interim government has no negative position on any of the proposals.

Rizwana said, “There is an initiative by the government to treat the injured. But there is a proposal to speed up the process.

At this time, Rizwana also talked about creating a foundation where people can contribute financially. But there was a demand to do something in the interim as some time was needed to build the foundation.

He said, “Whether or not women’s problems can be set up without dealing with women’s issues separately has been discussed.” They proposed to empower Bangladesh Information Commission and National Human Rights Commission in real sense. Regarding violence against women, a female student coordinator said that she was attacked by members of the student wing of the previous government. The student said, I am not here to talk about it. But the whole system should be changed, so that those involved in violence against women do not escape punishment.

Syeda Rizwana said that the importance of making the society women-friendly was discussed, “The issue of Kalpana Chakma, Tanu and Nusrat also came up in the meeting.”

Regarding the reforms, he said, “There is a proposal to see if these things can be done through the Judicial Reforms Commission so that the old mistakes are not repeated.” The participants also demanded that the NGOs should not be harassed by the NGO Bureau. Shilpakala Academy recruitment and Chittagong Hill Tract issues were also discussed.

Interim Government Advisor Noorjahan Begum, Farida Akhtar, Chief Coordinator on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Lamia Morshed, Women Leaders Shireen Haque, Samia Afrin, Seema Das Simu, Taslima Akhter, Ritu Sattar, Bithi Ghosh, Sultana Begum, Nigar Sultana, Sufia Rahman , Taskin Fahmina, Meghna Guhthakurta, Rani Yan Yan, Professor Dilara Chowdhury, Barrister Sara Hossain, Shaheen Anam, Nirupa Dewan, Professor Fahmida Khatun, Shyamoli Sheel, Irene Khan, Nabila Idris and others participated in the meeting.