The two-day Mothers' Festival 2011 began at Planet World Children Park in the Barisal city on Friday with a call to make the city women-friendly.
Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Elementary Learning for Child Development Project, ministry of women and children affairs and the non-governmental organisation, AGAMI, jointly organised the programme in collaboration with the Barisal City Corporation.
Bangladesh Shishu Academy director, Falguni Hamid, inaugurated the festival.
More than four hundred mothers from different walks of life were accorded reception in the festival and were entertained with cultural functions.
Discussions on different issues related with motherhood were held on the occasion.
Barisal mayor, Shawkat Hossain Hiron, attended the programme as chief guest and announced to make the city women-friendly, stalking-free and respecting for the mothers. He said womanhood reaches on the highest stage by achieving motherhood.
'Only good mother can present good citizens. So mothers should be given highest respect with proper attention in all aspects of their lives,' the BCC Mayor said.
Source: New Age
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