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Calling upon realizing the rights of women to men

Women's rights are violated in many ways on most countries of the world, including in Asia. Women’s are depriving in many ways in the plea of culture and religion. Through women’s education and economic solvency many obstacles can be overcome. However, the role of family is an emergency. Today 6th January 2016 at 11 AM Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) trust and Asian University for women jointly arranged a seminar on “Gender Issues: An International Perspective” and comes up with this conclusion.

The seminar was held at Koibort conference in WBB, fourteen students of Asian University for Women’s from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Sri lanka presented their counties various problems of women by plays and comes up in a decision how they want to work to solve these problems.

The seminar was attended by the Project Manager of Education ministry’s project on Technology Professor Aleya Parvin, Associate professor Soma De, Department of Women and Gender studies, University of Dhaka, Associate Professor Jussy Diana Bishaws, Department of Environment Science, Stamford University, Gaous Piari, Director and Naznin Kabir Program Manager, WBB Trust. Also were present Md. Reza Habib, Program Manager, EKLAB, Allama Didar, Project Officer, Democracy Watch, Advocate Jannatul Ferdous, BNWLA, Tanzila Chowdhury, Naima Akter, Assistant Advocacy Officer, WBB Trust and other. The program was hosted by Debra Efroymson, Regional Director, Health Bridge.

Soma De said, Women are contributing in family, society and state quietly, we need recognize them. Jussy Diana Bishaws said, Women always remain busy in working inside and outside. Men should come beside women in housekeeping.

Professor Aleya Parvin said, we have to find out the problem of women and work on it. We have to build a supportive environment for the education of women.

Debra Efroymson said, no religion affects the rights of women. But those who interpret religion to the human they try to misinterpret to control women. This orthodoxy is noticed in every religion. To eliminate this orthodoxy people need to be educated.

Debra Efroymson ended the discussion through question answer session.