Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Wednesday presented Bangladesh’s unprecedented achievements in women’s equality and empowerment at a high-level side event at the UN headquarters.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put the advancement of women at the heart of our development endeavours,” he said at ‘Tracking the Walk: Measuring progress in Women’s Economic Empowerment’ as a panelist. “She is one of the few world leaders who were present at the adoption of both the MDGs and the SDGs, a unique example of successful and sustained woman leadership,” Mohibul told the programme co-organised by Bangladesh and International Trade Centre (ITC) as a part of the ongoing 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The Session of the CSW will continue till Mar 22. Deputy Minister Mohibul mentioned that 35% percent women in Bangladesh have bank accounts, which is above the regional average for South Asia.
