International Women’s Day: Controversial writer Taslima Nasrin awarded with National Award for Gender Justice 2017

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New Delhi: Controversial writer Taslima Nasrin conferred with the National Award for Gender Justice 2017 for highlighting women’s issues and creating awareness of women issues though her writing.
National Institute for Gender Justice (NIGJ) honoured Rani by National Award for Gender Justice at an event held in the national capital to mark the International Women’s Day that annually falls on March 8.
Taslima Nasrin is a controversial Bangladeshi author and former physician. She has been living in exile since 1994. From a literary profile as a poet in the late 1970s, she gained global attention by the beginning of 1990s owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and criticism of what she characterises as all ‘misogynistic’ religions including Islam.

While receiving the award, Taslima Nasrin said, “Men have 364 days, women have only 1 day per year. Even that 1 day is not ours. Hundreds of women would get raped today, would get killed today, hundreds of girls would become victims of traficking, sexual abuse, domestic violence today. Those women don’t know it is women’s day today!”
She further said, “It is a good thing that the people are celebrating women’s day but a lot of work still left to do.”
She has been awarded in an event organised by the National Institute for Gender Justice (NIGJ) ‘Being Fearless’ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao to mark International Women’s Day in National Capital.

While lauding the work of Taslima Nasrin, Chairperson of the NIGJ Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury said, “Despite being out of the home, she fearlessly raising the voice of women which is prevailed in the society. She truly deserves this award.”
Following the event, slew of event has been organised in the event including debate on Triple Talaq, launch of women safety programme and so on.