Condolences pour in for Ayesha Khanam
Ayesha Khanam
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Condolence kept pouring in for the second consecutive day yesterday at the demise of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president and freedom fighter Ayesha Khanam.
Expressing deep shock and grief at her death, different social and non-government organisations recalled her dedication for the rights of deprived, oppressed and disenfranchised women.
A guardian of the women s movement in Bangladesh, Ayesha Khanam breathed her last early Saturday.
In a condolence message, MJF Executive Director Shaheen Anam said, Freedom Fighter Ayesha Khanam dedicated her life to ensure gender equality and the social, political and economic empowerment of women. She was a role model for many of us working to ensure women s rights.