International Women’s Day-2024 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country and the globe today with a call to ensure overall development of the women folk and their empowerment in the society.

This year’s theme of the day is  ‘NarirSomoOdhikar, SomoSujog-EgiyeNiteHokBiniyog’  Marking the day, the district administration and department of Women Affairs including SKS Foundation chalked out the elaborate programmes.

In the morning around 10 AM, a post rally discussion meeting was held at the conference room of the deputy commissioner (DC) here with deputy director of the department Nargis Jahan in the chair.

Additional district magistrate Md. Mashiur Rahman attended the function and addressed it as the chief guest. Additional police super Abdullah Al- Mamun, women leader Parul Begum addressed the function among others.

The speakers in their speeches underscored the need for ensuring dignity of the women and safety working places in all spheres of the society to build gender disparity country.

Chief guest Md. Mashiur Rahman in his speeches said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had implemented many programmes in last 15 years aimed at building a welfare state for the women folk.

Apart from it, SKS Foundation, a Gaibandha base non –government organization, also chalked out the programmes in hard to reach chars under Fulchhariupazila of the district marking the day underCommunity based Resilience Women’s Empowerment and Action(CREA) project funded by ManusherJonno Foundation.

At noon, a big human chain was also formed on the ground of Chandanswar High School located at Fazlupur char of Fulchhariupazila in the district with assistant teacher of the school Hasan Ali in the chair.

Female vice chairmanof the upazilaparishadAnjuara Begum alias Mariee addressed the function as the chief guest.

Project coordinator Lovely Khatun, member of upazila climate action group Belal Hossain, civil society members Jahidul Islam, Anju Begum spoke at the event among others.

The speakers in their speeches said Fazlupur union is located at disaster prone area of the upazila as flood, severe cold wave and cyclone hit the union every year and create untold sufferings to the people.

They urged all to work together to push forward the backward char people towards desired development.

They also demanded of the government to give the recognition of the char women as farmers, to pay fair wages to the women labours, to involve the underprivileged char women in various state-run facilities including ICT ones.

A large number of teenagers, women and people of different professions participated in the Human chain and discussion meeting holding play-cards, festoons, banners inscribed with various awareness messages for the disastrous women in Char areas.