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Published: 14 Jan 2021 12:18 PM BdST
Updated: 14 Jan 2021 02:40 PM BdST
Since her childhood days, Ayesha Siddiqua has watched absolute male dominance in solemnising Muslim marriages. She always nurtured the dream of breaking into the men’s domain by becoming a female Kazi in Bangladesh. );
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A native of Dinajpur’s Fulbari, she took a leap of faith and applied for the position of Nikah or marriage registrar. But she was turned down for being a woman. Undeterred, she mounted a legal challenge against religious gender discrimination to earn her right to become a Kazi in 2014.
A High Court ruling now stands between Ayesha and her dream but she is determined to continue her uphill battle for women s empowerment.
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DHAKA, Jan 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Bangladeshi woman barred from becoming a marriage registrar because she is female vowed on Thursday to fight for her dream job after the High Court said women would face practical difficulties conducting Islamic weddings.
Ayesha Siddiqua has waged a six-year battle with authorities to become a registrar, culminating in last week s knockback from the High Court, which she plans to appeal.
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