State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki has said the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working for the “inclusive development” of women and ensuring their equal rights.
“The present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working for the inclusive development of women and creating ‘Sonar Bangla’ where the women will get equal opportunity for rights and entitlements in the family, community and in the society” she said.
The State Minister said this while delivering her keynote statement at a side event on
‘Enhance Social Protection for Poverty reduction and women’s empowerment’ under the ongoing 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday.
The event was co-hosted by the governments of Bangladesh and Canada and supported by the FAO and WFP, according to a message received here on Saturday.
The State Minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation to the 61st CSW session.
In her statement, Chumki also elaborated various measures and best practices taken place in Bangladesh with regard to social protection programme for women empowerment and eradication of poverty as a whole.
“Our government has adopted 142 special programmes for social protection of the poor community of where a significant number are women,” she said.
The state minister said the government has enacted National Women Development Policy 2011, ensured Gender Responsive Budget and reserved the women’s right in Seventh Five Year Plan (2016-2020).
“To develop women’s business skills, our government has established a foundation to promote the SME sector and launched many programmes for the women,” she said.
