Submitted byLazmi Zaman-37Shariful Islam-08Masum Billah-36

Presentation on “Women’s movement in Bangladesh”

Presented toAfsana IslamLecturer,Dept of Women and Gender StudiesUniversity of Dhaka

andstudents of 1st year, 2nd semester14th batchWomen and Gender studiesUniversity of Dhaka

what is women’s movement● A movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal,

economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.

● A movement or campaign to achieve women's rights, remove inequality and all sorts of discrimination and dominations.

● The Women’s Liberation Movement is the social struggle which aims to eliminate forms of oppression based on gender and to gain for women equal economic and social status and rights to determine their own lives as are enjoyed by men.

● In 1700……

● In 1800…….

● In late 1800…….

emergence of women’s movement

contemporary issues will be focused…..

Some women’s movement in Bangladesh

● early days, rokeya sultana made women seclusion as public debate issue.● 1947, religious divide crossed by Lila Nag and Sufia kamal● Women in language movement● in sixties, women challenged the govt ban on Tagore’s song● Kinship links contributed on ideological mooring(tebhaga and tea movement)● Women in 1969● Women in liberation war● Jahanara Imam protested against rape in 1971● NGOs brought a radical social change

Women In Several Movement

● Anjumane Khatiyane Islam● Bangladesh Mohila Parishad● Oikkabdhya Nari Samaj● Women and Gender Studies Department

Women’s Organisation

● Begum Rokeya● Nawab Faizunnesa● Sufia Kamal● Sultana Kamal● Taslima Nasreen

Feminists in Bangladesh

● Maternal leave/ Paternal leave● Political opportunity● Patriarchy● Cultural barrier● Islamic stereotypes● Mental vassalage

Challenges

❏ Economic Empowerment of women ( Household course)❏ Media using women as product❏ Women in Technology❏ Women in Health Movement for secure maternity leave Sex worker’s movement Autistic women’s movement❏ Women in Politics❏ In long future, there may be a movement for same sex marriage❏ Environmental movement

Future of Women’s movement

we have gain many results from women’s movements. like satidah protha, widow marriage, education for women, women in job sector, women in politics etc. but till now we have many demands for women that need to be changed to run with the development and running world. Women’s movement is a way/media to make a opportunity to receive these demands. And we can obviously tell that if we take the good sides and right way of women’s movement, then must we are going to make a better world.

Thank You

Conclusion