FEMALE RIGHTS AND SECURITY IN OUR COUNTRY.

Women are part and parcel of society. They are the nerve of the society. We cannot deny their role in the global society. We cannot imagine a body without a heart. Similarly it is not to think a societal improvement without the participation of the women  with this view in mind our national poet quoted that the creation of the world whatever great and beneficial for human being are shared fifty by man and fifty percent by women. In Bangladesh practical field of present twenty century they can’t live independently. So, to keep our Bangladesh ahead, we need to ensure the rights and security of women.

 

Women in the informal sector are often paid at lower grades than men for the same work. Women are universally sought after in literature and Bangladeshi women are no exception. The beauty and charms of Bangladeshi women are celebrated in poems, legends and short stories. But the suffering of Bangladeshi women is often ignored. Too many still face deprivation and oppression and the legal and socio-economic system does not do enough to prevent discrimination and violence against women.

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century and feminist movement during the 20th century. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.

 

Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to be free from sexual violence; to vote; to hold public office; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family law; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to have reproductive rights; to own property; to education.

 

However, The lack of legal knowledge among many women, especially in developing countries, is a major obstacle in the improvement of women's situation. International bodies, such as the United Nations, have stated that the obligation of states does not only consist in passing relevant laws, but also in informing women about the existence of such laws, in order to enable them to seek justice and realize in practice their rights. Therefore, states must popularize the laws, and explain them clearly to the public, in order to prevent ignorance, or misconceptions originating in popular myths, about the laws.