{"id":4426,"date":"2010-03-09T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:09:40","slug":"hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/","title":{"rendered":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>chtnews.com<br><strong>News No. 46\/2010, March 09, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Jumma women in Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to face widespread discrimination and repression by Bangladesh state.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was stated by the Hill Women\u2019s Federation leaders yesterday at a discussion held at Perachara Union Council ground at Swanirbhor in Khagrachari district town to mark the 100th International Women\u2019s Day and its 22th founding anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven one of the two Jummas killed in the army firing in Sajek on 20 February is a woman.\u201d Kanika Dewan, General Secretary of the HWF, told the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She criticized the local administration for refusing to allow her organisation to hold a rally and a procession on International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said there is no peace in the CHT and there will be no peace as long as the army and settlers are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn any militarized zones women are the most vulnerable to repression. This also holds true for the Jumma women in CHT. They have nothing to defend themselves from sexual attacks of the army and settlers.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Jumma women continue to face discrimination and repression; they are subjected to rape, murder, harassment and other abuses.\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanika urged the government to end violence against Jumma women, withdraw the army and settlers from CHT and bring the murderers of Buddhaboti Chakma to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion was also addressed by Amir Abbas, member secretary of Bangladesh Muti Council Chittagong Unit, Monirul Monir, member, central committee, Bangladesh Lekhok Shibir, and Rina Dewan, Organising Sceretary of HWF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion was moderated by Swarna Chakma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chtnews.comNews No. 46\/2010, March 09, 2010 The Jumma women in Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to face widespread discrimination and repression by Bangladesh state. This was stated by the Hill Women\u2019s Federation leaders yesterday at a discussion held at Perachara Union Council ground at Swanirbhor in Khagrachari district town to mark the 100th International Women\u2019s Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"chtnews.comNews No. 46\/2010, March 09, 2010 The Jumma women in Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to face widespread discrimination and repression by Bangladesh state. This was stated by the Hill Women\u2019s Federation leaders yesterday at a discussion held at Perachara Union Council ground at Swanirbhor in Khagrachari district town to mark the 100th International Women\u2019s Day [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CHT NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"chtnews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"chtnews\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"chtnews\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/c09bcc8fcfa42e218a77a56b8d043618\"},\"headline\":\"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\",\"name\":\"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"CHT NEWS\",\"description\":\"Online news paper on the Chittagong Hill Tracts\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CHT NEWS\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blog-Logo005-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blog-Logo005-2.png\",\"width\":644,\"height\":166,\"caption\":\"CHT NEWS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/c09bcc8fcfa42e218a77a56b8d043618\",\"name\":\"chtnews\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54470a1160048a4a95ffa65cbfaa0c2831bca4d4e7d033fa212d845bd627cd12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54470a1160048a4a95ffa65cbfaa0c2831bca4d4e7d033fa212d845bd627cd12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"chtnews\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/author\/chtnews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS","og_description":"chtnews.comNews No. 46\/2010, March 09, 2010 The Jumma women in Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to face widespread discrimination and repression by Bangladesh state. This was stated by the Hill Women\u2019s Federation leaders yesterday at a discussion held at Perachara Union Council ground at Swanirbhor in Khagrachari district town to mark the 100th International Women\u2019s Day [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/","og_site_name":"CHT NEWS","article_published_time":"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00","author":"chtnews","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"chtnews","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/"},"author":{"name":"chtnews","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/c09bcc8fcfa42e218a77a56b8d043618"},"headline":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay","datePublished":"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/"},"wordCount":268,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/","url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/","name":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay - CHT NEWS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-03-09T11:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T11:09:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2010\/03\/09\/hwf-observes-intl-womens-day-and-22th-founding-anniversay\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HWF observes Intl. Women\u2019s Day and 22th founding anniversay"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/","name":"CHT NEWS","description":"Online news paper on the Chittagong Hill Tracts","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#organization","name":"CHT NEWS","url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blog-Logo005-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blog-Logo005-2.png","width":644,"height":166,"caption":"CHT NEWS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/c09bcc8fcfa42e218a77a56b8d043618","name":"chtnews","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54470a1160048a4a95ffa65cbfaa0c2831bca4d4e7d033fa212d845bd627cd12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54470a1160048a4a95ffa65cbfaa0c2831bca4d4e7d033fa212d845bd627cd12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"chtnews"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english"],"url":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/author\/chtnews\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4427,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}