Women empowerment, mothers’ peace-making role to help achieve SDGs

Business Report :
Speakers at an event sought the role of mothers for building a peaceful society free from vices such as terrorism, militancy and drugs.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, provides a shared set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targets to achieve peace and prosperity for people. Particularly Goal No. 16 stipulates for establishing peaceful and prosperous societies.
The role of mothers is the most important for establishing a peaceful society, because family education is the first step in forming the character and values of children. And children get this education mostly from their mothers, they said.
They remarked while addressing an event titled’ MotherSchools Graduation Ceremony’ at NGO Affairs Bureau at Agargaon in the capital.
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) and Community Participation and Development (CPD) jointly organized the event on Sunday.
Under a project titled ‘MotherSchools Bangladesh’ taken up by CPD with the support of Women Without Borders, a total of 220 mothers from different parts of capital successfully completed a five-month long course, aimed at building a peaceful society free from vices such as terrorism, militancy and drugs.
The mothers, on completion of the course, received certificates at the programme.
Addressing on the occasion, the speakers said, half of the country’s total population is female. The overall development of the country will not be possible by leaving women behind. When mothers are aware, children will grow up properly. And the children with these human qualities will be pioneer in building a happy, prosperous and safe society, they observed.
Therefore, active participation of mothers in family and social activities will help in building a happy, peaceful and prosperous society in the days to come. The mothers, who completed the course, will be able to apply the knowledge and make their families ideal places.
They lauded the initiative under the project as commendable, saying that such initiative is essential to create awareness beginning from the family and prevent the youth from committing the crimes.
Terming terrorism, militancy, drugs and corruption as wounds of the society, they called upon all to be united for keeping our country free from this menace.
They hoped that this programme will play a pivotal role in establishing Bangladesh as a safe and beautiful country free from radicalism, militancy and terrorism.
All concerned such as parents, teachers, elders, relatives and public representatives have been asked to create awareness on building a peaceful society by eradicating militancy, terrorism and drugs.
Chaired by Rumana Quader, Deputy Executive Director of CPD, K.M. Shahiduzzaman, Social Services Officer, Department of Social Services, Roksana Islam Sujana, Assistant Commissioner, Counter Terrorism and Trans National Crime unit, DMP, Saima Jahan, a MotherSchools teacher, and a number of mothers spoke at the event.