Letters to the editor    

Economic discrimination against women

Sir,
There should not be any argument over the necessity that a state should ensure gender equality in context of resources and services. If women are not empowered through ensuring equal means of economic opportunity for women, a country cannot be strong in these modern times.
For developing a strong economy, it is necessary to invest in women entrepreneurs and provide them with access to finance and markets. There is little room to doubt that women leadership helps to maintain a stable and sustainable economy.
It is still very unfortunate that women and girls workers in our society are not paid like their male counterparts in the workplaces. In some cases they are not even given half despite the fact that their output is always equal to that of man.
Now if we want a just society based on equal opportunity for men and women, this workplace discrimination has to be removed from our society.
Our country is still lacking in a policy environment that would enable women, through political and corporate leadership, to contribute to the advancement of our country. Bangladesh needs to fight all the barriers to women entrepreneurship.

Ibn Manzoor, Dhaka

What do Nelson Mandela, George Washington and a Roman consul have in common?

Sir,
The ‘ShareAmerica’ in a recent issue of their newsletter posed the above question followed by  an answer-“Each walked away from political power”. South Africa’s Nelson Mandela stepped down voluntarily after one term as the President in 1999. He followed the footsteps of Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519–430 B.C.E.), who on two occasions renounced near-absolute emergency authority to return to his farm. And America’s first President George Washington set a similar example through declining to run for the office of the President for a third term.
Michigan State University political scientist William B. Allen, while leaving office voluntarily said-“Peaceful transitions of power contribute to a nation’s political
health”.
The above observations reflect the commitment for keeping democratic norms and values and of course for the greater good of the nation.
In developing countries like ours perpetuation of such democratic values is very much essential for giving a chance to democracy to flourish through peaceful transition of power by holding elections in due time.
Every government of the people should start their journey retaining and forwarding all the people oriented development programs and projects undertaken by the previous government.

Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

 

 

Letters to the editor

Economic discrimination against women Sir, There should not be any argument over the necessity that a state should ensure gender equality in context of resources and services. If women are not empowered through ensuring equal means of economic opportunity for women, a country cannot be strong in these modern times. For developing a strong economy, it is necessary to invest in women entrepreneurs and provide them with access to finance and markets. There is little room to doubt that women leadership helps to maintain a stable and sustainable economy. It is still very unfortunate that women and girls workers in our society are not paid like their male counterparts in the workplaces. In some cases they are not even given half despite the fact that their output is always equal to that of man. Now if we want a just society based on equal opportunity for men and women, this workplace discrimination has to be removed from our society. Our country is still lacking in a policy environment that would enable women, through political and corporate leadership, to contribute to the advancement of our country. Bangladesh needs to fight all the barriers to women entrepreneurship. Ibn Manzoor, Dhaka What do Nelson Mandela, George Washington and a Roman consul have in common? Sir, The ShareAmerica in a recent issue of their newsletter posed the above question followed by an answer-Each walked away from political power. South Africas Nelson Mandela stepped down voluntarily after one term as the President in 1999. He followed the footsteps of Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519430 B.C.E.), who on two occasions renounced near-absolute emergency authority to return to his farm. And Americas first President George Washington set a similar example through declining to run for the office of the President for a third term. Michigan State University political scientist William B. Allen, while leaving office voluntarily said-Peaceful transitions of power contribute to a nations political health. The above observations reflect the commitment for keeping democratic norms and values and of course for the greater good of the nation. In developing countries like ours perpetuation of such democratic values is very much essential for giving a chance to democracy to flourish through peaceful transition of power by holding elections in due time. Every government of the people should start their journey retaining and forwarding all the people oriented development programs and projects undertaken by the previous government. Professor M Zahidul Haque Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka