For a few days, the female stars in the country have been posting photos of them in the social media wearing 'tip' on their forehead here and there, instead of on the middle between eyebrows, where females wear them typically. Mostly they are posting selfies which they are calling #OddDotSelfie.
Seeing them, other women from different walks of life are also doing the same thing.
Why this hashtag selfie all of a sudden!
t is learned that this event started on the social media with the aim to building public opinion to prevent violence against women keeping the International Women's Day (March 8) ahead.
On March 3, theatre personality Sara Zaker posted a message on her wall on Facebook urging people to join the protest. Where she herself published an 'odddotselfie'. She also gave a tutorial how to take the picture. Actors like Jaya Ahsan, Zakia Bari Mom, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Masuma Rahman Nabila, Mithila, Sarah Alam immediately responded and posted their photos in social media.
The remarkable thing is that the tip on the forehead of all of them is slightly displaced from the designated place. They think this inconsistency is basically the language of protest that started on February 27.
The message of the campaign is, "One in every three women in Bangladesh is a victim of torture and violence at home and outside. But the protests against it had never been enough. Because in our society, women are taught to suffer in silence. But we want every woman to break this taboo and raise her voice. Because it is only possible to stop this violence by speaking up without remaining silent.
And so, #OddDotSelfie is a protest against violence against women.
Expressing solidarity with this message, apart from the actress, social media influencers and ordinary women of the country are also participating in the protest.
Apart from actress Sara Zaker, two organizations related to advertising agency Asiatic, Radio Shadhin and Mangaldeep Foundation are working behind this campaign.
Radio Swadhin's RJ Ahona said, "Many people are asking, how can a tip be the language of protest? I think it's a unity. Through this, we are standing up against violence. All women talk about the same thing. That's why we started this campaign.”
Jaya Ahsan, the award winning actresses, said, "We women make ourselves beautiful by tipping on our foreheads. On social media, pictures of smiling faces wearing our tip keep getting likes. But is this the picture of all of us inside the house? One in three women in the country is a victim of violence. Their beauty is soaked in blood. Hence their tip is getting slipped. Their dignity as human beings is eroding. Let's protest against violence against women.”
Actress Zakia Bari Momo's message is, "Violence against women is increasing every year! Now is not the time to be silent. It's time to protest.”
In 1975, the United Nations recognized March 8 as International Women's Day. However, the history of the day is older and more extensive.