A public meeting was held by Noakhali Municipality at Balur Maidan in Maijdi of Noakhali on Sunday 11 am to prevent violence against women across the country.
Noakhali Municipal Mayor Shahid Ullah Khan Sohel was present at the meeting as the chief guest.
Panel mayor Ratan Krishna Pal, Noakhali Sadar UZ Vice Chairman Nur Alam Siddiqui Raju, women leader Umme Jannat, Rokeya Begum and others also spoke.
Chief Guest Shahid Ullah Khan said the government is making women empowered through various living standard improving projects.
When women will be socio-economically independent they will learn to protest and build resistance. Only then violence against women can be removed from the society.
Thousands of women from 5 wards of the municipality and women leaders of different levels attended the meeting. Later, a rally encircled the main roads of Maijdi town.
