State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Bangladesh is ahead much in reducing male-female wage gap comparing to the international average as per the recent global report of International Labour Organization (ILO).
According to the ILO, he said the international average of gender wage gap is 21 percent which is only two percent in Bangladesh while speaking at a seminar on International Women’s Day at the Jatiya Press Club here.
Diplomatic Correspondent Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) and Swedish Embassy in Dhaka jointly organized the seminar titled “Women Leadership in Media: Challenges and Way to Forward”.
The state minister said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not only working for women empowerment also trying to create gender parity at every tier of the society.
