Local women hand in hand with women from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India initiated a human chain as a campaign for peace in South Asia for the new millennium at Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city yesterday, says a press release. The women from five South Asian countries, at present participating to a month-long workshop on gender equality and sustainable development, initiated the human chain as part of their workshop programmes.
Economic injustice is the root of most conflicts and wars.
Economic development and peace have to go together. Fawzia Khondkar, a feminist from Bangladesh said that for peace in the world there should be peace in the home. Proshika President Dr Qazi Faruque Ahmed, senior vice president Mahbubul Karim and others were among the participants of the human chain. The signatories to the MOU appreciated the scope for further expansion of trade relations and the prospects of setting up industries in Bangladesh under joint venture. The chambers also felt the need to foster a spirit of better cooperation and coordination between business communities in general and their respective members in particular.