Staff Reporter:
Marking International Women’s Day, the women’s wing of the National Citizen Party (NCP) ‘Jatiya Nari Shakti,’ formally launched on Sunday, with Monira Sharmin named convener, Mahmuda Alam Mi-tu as member secretary and Nusrat Tabassum as chief organizer.
NCP Convener Nahid Islam announced the three-member committee at a program held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.
Nahid said, “We will try to find those women across the country whose voices were lost in July. Jatiya Nari Shakti will bring them forward once again. There are many questions about why women stepped back from the frontlines after July. We also share responsibility for this. Those who are still in politics have faced such intense cyberbullying that many were forced to retreat.”
Nahid said women from NCP’s other affiliated bodies, as well as those outside the party, would be en-couraged to join the new platform. The newly appointed leaders will soon form a full-fledged committee and work on drafting the organization’s manifesto, objectives and constitution. “They will also work to organize women across the country.”
Expressing hope for the organization’s future role, Nahid said Jatiya Nari Shakti would take a strong stance in support of women’s rights in Bangladesh, particularly against violence against women and cyberbullying.
Among the new committee members, Monira Sharmin and Nusrat Tabassum also serve as joint conven-ers of the NCP central committee, while Mahmuda Alam Mitu is a joint member secretary of the party’s central body.
