UNB, Dhaka :
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh is becoming a role model of women empowerment in the world as women here are now in the leadership positions at every sphere of national and social lives.
“We’re vying to break many glass ceilings by inducting qualified women in the judiciary as judges, armed as generals and police services, administrative as secretaries, diplomatic assignments as ambassadors and entrepreneurship,” he said.
The Foreign Minister made the remarks while
inaugurating a summit titled “She Rockers MyEO Women Summit” and “She Rockers MyEO Women SDG Award 2019” at a city hotel. Bangladesh Chapter of Entrepreneur Organization (EO), the world’s largest peer-to-peer global network of entrepreneurs organised the summit.
Global Chairperson of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) Bubu Andres joined the event as a guest of honor while President of EO Bangladesh Chapter Farzana Chowdhury delivered the welcome speech.
In terms of political empowerment of women, the Foreign Minister said, Bangladesh is one of the few countries of the world that has a woman Prime Minister, a woman Speaker of Parliament, several cabinet ministers and female parliamentarians.
He described various far-reaching and wide-ranging initiatives taken by the government to ensure all-inclusive empowerment of women and said Bangladesh government introduced gender budget that is unique in the world.
“We’re proud of our female peacekeepers who are holding our flag high in many UN peacekeeping missions,” he said. Dr Momen said women empowerment is one of the 10 special initiatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the progress of which she oversees herself.
In fact, he said, the historic adoption of the 2030 Development agenda, with its core mission “leaving no one behind” is a powerful message to women empowerment.
The 2030 Agenda, and its 17 cross-cutting goals especially Goal 5 Gender Equality, make it clear that development will only be sustainable if its benefits accrue equally to both women and men, said the Foreign Minister.
“We have 57 percent of our women engaged in the workforce, with 80 percent forming the backbone of our ready-made garments sector, and the growing number of female migrant workers contributing to our economy by bringing in their hard-earned remittances,” he said.
The Foreign Minister mentioned that EO Bangladesh is striving to provide a platform for women entrepreneurship which is quite aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh is becoming a role model of women empowerment in the world as women here are now in the leadership positions at every sphere of national and social lives.
“We’re vying to break many glass ceilings by inducting qualified women in the judiciary as judges, armed as generals and police services, administrative as secretaries, diplomatic assignments as ambassadors and entrepreneurship,” he said.
The Foreign Minister made the remarks while
inaugurating a summit titled “She Rockers MyEO Women Summit” and “She Rockers MyEO Women SDG Award 2019” at a city hotel. Bangladesh Chapter of Entrepreneur Organization (EO), the world’s largest peer-to-peer global network of entrepreneurs organised the summit.
Global Chairperson of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) Bubu Andres joined the event as a guest of honor while President of EO Bangladesh Chapter Farzana Chowdhury delivered the welcome speech.
In terms of political empowerment of women, the Foreign Minister said, Bangladesh is one of the few countries of the world that has a woman Prime Minister, a woman Speaker of Parliament, several cabinet ministers and female parliamentarians.
He described various far-reaching and wide-ranging initiatives taken by the government to ensure all-inclusive empowerment of women and said Bangladesh government introduced gender budget that is unique in the world.
“We’re proud of our female peacekeepers who are holding our flag high in many UN peacekeeping missions,” he said. Dr Momen said women empowerment is one of the 10 special initiatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the progress of which she oversees herself.
In fact, he said, the historic adoption of the 2030 Development agenda, with its core mission “leaving no one behind” is a powerful message to women empowerment.
The 2030 Agenda, and its 17 cross-cutting goals especially Goal 5 Gender Equality, make it clear that development will only be sustainable if its benefits accrue equally to both women and men, said the Foreign Minister.
“We have 57 percent of our women engaged in the workforce, with 80 percent forming the backbone of our ready-made garments sector, and the growing number of female migrant workers contributing to our economy by bringing in their hard-earned remittances,” he said.
The Foreign Minister mentioned that EO Bangladesh is striving to provide a platform for women entrepreneurship which is quite aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision.
