BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh is regarded as the role model for the empowerment of women in the world as the country has achieved remarkable success in advancing women under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, MP.
She made this remark on Monday while speaking at the ongoing sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which is being held from 13-24 March at UN Headquarters in New York, according to a message received here on Tuesday.
The theme of this session, ‘women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work’ is very timely, she said.
The State Minister said the journey to promote empowerment of women began since the independence of Bangladesh. “Policies and institutional measures were undertaken for the development of women under the leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
She enumerated the measures undertaken by the present government to ensure the gender equality, political, social and economic empowerment of women of Bangladesh. “Considering the inclusive development of women and to establish gender equality, we enacted ‘The National Women Development Policy 2011’, Meher Afroj said.
Mentioning the improvement of the working environment of women, the State Minister said, “we have established day-care facilities for children of working women, strengthened Social Safety Net Programmes for vulnerable women and promoting the women entrepreneurs at the grassroots level.”
“Joyeeta (victorious women), a shopping mall, has been established in the capital to facilitate marketing of their products without any middle men,” she added.
During the last 3 years, she said 1,69,711 women were employed in foreign countries and they sent a large amount of remittances back to our country.
About international recognition of Bangladesh in women empowerment, she said, “According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, Bangladesh ranks 10th out of 142 countries in political empowerment and was awarded the prestigious women in Parliaments Global Forum Award in 2015”.
She said, “Our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was also awarded Planet 50-50 Champion” by UN-Women and “Agent of Change Award” by Global Partnership Forum on 21 September, 2016.”
The State Minister reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which have been reflected in recent normative milestones, including the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change the New Urban Agenda and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.
Bangladesh is regarded as the role model for the empowerment of women in the world as the country has achieved remarkable success in advancing women under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, MP.
She made this remark on Monday while speaking at the ongoing sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which is being held from 13-24 March at UN Headquarters in New York, according to a message received here on Tuesday.
The theme of this session, ‘women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work’ is very timely, she said.
The State Minister said the journey to promote empowerment of women began since the independence of Bangladesh. “Policies and institutional measures were undertaken for the development of women under the leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
She enumerated the measures undertaken by the present government to ensure the gender equality, political, social and economic empowerment of women of Bangladesh. “Considering the inclusive development of women and to establish gender equality, we enacted ‘The National Women Development Policy 2011’, Meher Afroj said.
Mentioning the improvement of the working environment of women, the State Minister said, “we have established day-care facilities for children of working women, strengthened Social Safety Net Programmes for vulnerable women and promoting the women entrepreneurs at the grassroots level.”
“Joyeeta (victorious women), a shopping mall, has been established in the capital to facilitate marketing of their products without any middle men,” she added.
During the last 3 years, she said 1,69,711 women were employed in foreign countries and they sent a large amount of remittances back to our country.
About international recognition of Bangladesh in women empowerment, she said, “According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, Bangladesh ranks 10th out of 142 countries in political empowerment and was awarded the prestigious women in Parliaments Global Forum Award in 2015”.
She said, “Our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was also awarded Planet 50-50 Champion” by UN-Women and “Agent of Change Award” by Global Partnership Forum on 21 September, 2016.”
The State Minister reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which have been reflected in recent normative milestones, including the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change the New Urban Agenda and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.
