The Women of the World (WOW) festival will begin on the premises of Bangla Academy in the city on April 5 with a view to advancing the gender equality in Bangladesh.
The British Council (BC) and the WOW Foundation, the UK will organize the event titled ‘WOW Dhaka Festival’ from April 5 to 6 for the first time in Bangladesh, Deputy Director of the British Council Andrew Newton disclosed the matter at a press conference at the BC auditorium in the city on Monday.
“The WOW festival is a crucial platform in advancing our work on women and girl’s empowerment under our arts programme portfolio in South Asia,” Andrew said.
The two-day WOW Dhaka festival will include cross-cultural dialogue, panel discussion, workshops, film screening and a full-fledged theatre production.
