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Kathmandu Monday July 03, 2000 Ahsad 19, 2057.
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Role of women vital for education
By a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU, July 2 - The role of women and their education can
improve the whole society, voiced participants here today in a talk programme on role of
religion and women’s contribution.
In the programme organized by Religion and Peace Academy of
Nepal (RAPAN), Nun Wiryabati said, "When a woman is uneducated the whole society
becomes uneducated."
For effective character building, moral education should
start from the childhood, she added.
Addressing the function, Pakistani Ambassador, Fauzia Nasreen
said, "In the course of recent decades hundreds and thousands of women have by their
individual initiative created a new climate of oppurtunity accross the developing world
and thus there is every reason to be optimistic about the postive and constructive role of
women in building societies that are more humane, less violent and more peaceful."
Their awareness of the tremendous potential and empowerment
would have a salutory impact on the character building in different parts of the world,
Ambassador added.
Writer and religious intellect, Narendra Nath Bhattarai said,
"Unless religious debate ceases, peace cannot prevail on this earth." He said,
regardless of what religion one belongs to, he/she inherits peace, happiness and
satisfaction from the religion itself. "Character building is an essential and
practical aspect of religion," he added.
Men resort to violence to achieve their interests, however
women look for peaceful means, said Fr. Charlie Law, of St. Xavier’s College.
Narendra Pandey, representing Bahai point of view said,
"Mother is the first educator of mankind and women are much more spiritual and better
peace-keepers."
President of RAPAN Dr. Jogendra Jha said his organization was
the only inter-religious organisation in Nepal.
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