A group of female students of Dhaka University brought out a broom procession on the campus on Sunday condemning the derogatory remarks about women posted from the X (formerly Twitter) account of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman.
The programme was organised in the afternoon in front of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the university campus.
At the rally, speakers demanded a public apology from Shafiqur Rahman for his comments saying such remarks demean women and undermine their role in society.
Mukta Baroi, president of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, said using women as a political tool against the country’s progress is not new.
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“This has been a long-standing practice of some political forces. History and recent events clearly prove this,” she said.
She added that working women deserve respect and dignity and an apology must be issued for the insulting comments. “Women will continue to move forward despite such attempts,” she said.
Former vice-president of Dhaka University’s Shamsunnahar Hall Students’ Union, Sheikh Tasnim Afroze Emi, alleged that some political parties are seeking power by humiliating women.
“Since independence, they have failed to shoulder any meaningful responsibility beyond hypocrisy,” she said.
Chhatra Federation leader Shima Akter said women in Bangladesh are increasingly facing online harassment simply for speaking up about women’s rights.
She alleged that leaders and activists of a particular political party are targeting women on social media through fake and bot accounts.