International Women’s Day will be observed today across the country as elsewhere in the world with a call for building a new world with equal rights for women and men.
The Ministry for Women and Children Affairs has chalked out elaborate programmes on the occasion to create mass awareness to ensure dignified life for womenfolk through establishing their rights.
On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, greeting all women across the world.
In their messages, they termed the day’s theme ‘Sobai Mile Bhabo, Natun Kichu Koro/Nari-Porush Samatar, Natun Bishwa Goro’ as time befitting in the current perspective and wished success of all programmes of the day.
In his message, President Md Abdul Hamid said the present government is implementing massive programmes to prevent all kinds of violence to the women, including establishing women rights, spreading education for them and empowering women, to bring gender parity.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League government has been implementing various programmes for the last 10 years attaching priority to women empowerment and development.
Referring to different laws and policies, including National Women Development Policy 2011, for protecting women rights, the premier said.
