"Spent whole day marching and all night watching videos of attacks on brothers and sisters and suffering"

Women students played an important and active role in the protest-struggle of the quota reform movement which turned into a mass uprising. Their participation not only added new vigor to the movement, but also brought forth an inclusive approach to activism. We have seen them tremble with anger, we have seen them cry in sorrow, we have seen them extend a helping hand in dire straits, we have seen them hurt, we have seen them nursing. I saw them cheering in victory. This is an incredible scene.

Sadia Mahmud Meem was one of the women students of Islami University who were at the forefront of the quota reform movement. He is a 2018-19 student of the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. He played an active role in the anti-discrimination student movement at EB.

Talking about the time of agitation, he said, "I was always in fear. I faced many threats while I was in the campus. Some people came looking for me in the house where I was renting. I don't know them. The landlord took care of me. But I was very scared that day. When the agitation happened I used to spend the whole day marching in the streets, and I spent the whole night watching videos of the attacks on my brothers and sisters. I don't remember a night that I didn't cry when I saw the attack by the brutal forces of the previous dictatorship."

Regarding the expectations of the new government, he said, "I brought down the dictatorship in the hope that another dictatorship would not come. We want the freedom of all people to practice all political doctrines regardless of religion, caste and caste through the establishment of democracy in the country. We want the transparency of its work or Transparency. Only transparency can create accountability."

Regarding what the government should do about women, Meem said, "Even though the current women's society has progressed in many ways, their active participation in contemporary and social activities is very less. This may be because they suffer from insecurity. Or they have less knowledge about social issues. Proper education system can reduce this situation. However, providing free training to women, providing free medical services, expanding women's education to stop child marriage in remote rural areas, and increasing women's employment in rural areas can be among the important tasks of the current government."

On the idea of ​​student politics, he said, "Politics is a matter of practice. I think it is necessary for every ordinary student to practice politics during student life. Political practice does not mean that you have to actively work for the implementation of any party's agenda. Studying a lot of political issues, knowing a lot about current affairs, One can practice politics in the overall state of the country and by participating in various reform activities. To understand the current state of Bangladesh in the outside world, politics can be a free platform for a student to practice politics This student politics can play a role in creating awareness about rights."

His expectations of the VC of the university, "To create a corruption-free administrative infrastructure. To take all student-friendly developmental steps to implement the rights of students. To create a session-free university anyway. Non-communal and non-violent university premises for religious, cultural and social rites and political practices for students. Provide where all ordinary students will be identified, he is a student. An environment should not be created to humiliate anyone by mentioning any religion or caste.