Women’s Affairs: Law Adviser seeks decency while sharing opinions, reactions

Seeking decency in expressing any views and reactions, Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said the recommendations put forward by the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission are merely proposals and cannot be seen as a government decision.

“These are proposals from the Commission, not a government decision,” he said when a journalist asked whether the government will surrender to the pressure from Islamic parties to revoke the report, UNB reports. 

On May 3, Hefazat-e-Islam announced a 12-point declaration, demanding the dissolution of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission and cancellation of its report, which the platform says is "anti-Quran"

The Law Adviser said there will always be differences of opinions in the society and different views came in line with other reform commissions’ reports.

“In most cases it was expressed in a decent way. But in some cases, it was expressed in a very malicious and attacking way,” he said, adding that they do not expect this.

The Law Adviser said no major reform will be implemented without any political consensus and hoped that everyone, while expressing opposing views and reactions, will exercise tolerance and demonstrate decency.

Talking about women’s rights, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union Michael Miller on Monday said equality between men and women is the core value in Europe and it is a core universal value.

He said the work of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission should be examined extremely carefully and they support all efforts that ensure equality between men and women.

“The report and the recommendations of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission are extremely important. We consider equality between men and women as core value of the EU,” said Ambassador Miller.

He said the recommendations of the Commission should be looked at “extremely carefully and closely” by political parties because they would like to see those recommendations translated into actions. “We will contribute towards greater equality.”