1. Roses & Sexual Harrassment (July 2008)
2. Open letter to the Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (Oct 2001)
Anu Muhammad, Rahnuma Ahmed, Naseem Akhter Hussain, Amir Hossain, Nurul Hoque, Sayeed Ferdous, Sharmind Nilormee, Mirza Taslima Sultana, Mafruhi Sattar, Rayhan Raine, Manosh Chowdhury
Honourable Chancellor, Jahangirnagar University
For the last couple of weeks, a section of the students of Jahangirnagar University and its cultural activists have been spearheading a movement. Their demands are chiefly, that those students who were accused of committing rape in 1998 should not be allowed to sit for their exams, that their certificates should be withdrawn and, that a code against Sexual Harassment should be implemented. It is obvious that the demands raised by the students are principled ones and, these have the support of a section of the teachers of Jahangirnagar University out of a sense of commitment toward these principles. In 1998, the teachers of Jahangirnagar University had condemned the incidence of campus rape. As a matter of fact, the Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association (JUTA) itself had taken a stand on the matter. In this respect, we would also like to point out that the head of the previous caretaker government, Chief Justice Habibur Rahman, while delivering his address at the last Convocation of the University, had paid his respects toward the spirit of the campus anti-rape movement. Honourable Chancellor, we know that you yourself are well aware of these events. (more…)
