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Bangladesh now a role model in women empowerment

Females’ participation must be reinforced in decision making


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Published : 08 Mar 2021 09:18 PM | Updated : 09 Mar 2021 12:42 AM

The International Women's Day has been  observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe on Monday with the theme "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world." The theme highlights how women can be made equal partners in the decision-making process, especially with regard to policy making.

It needs no mentioning that over the last decade under the able leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh has become a role model for women empowerment in the world.  The incumbent government has been working relentlessly to ensure and enhance women’s participation in all the sectors. Reportedly, the premier has promised to increase women's participation in the workplace to 50-50 by 2041. It is worth mentioning that the Prime Minister has already received the Global Women's Leadership Award for her role in the development of women's education and entrepreneurship.

The participation of women needs to be

 enhanced and reinforced in decision making processes

Women today are unstoppable. Women in Bangladesh are leading from the front in the country’s sustainable development. Whether it is, business, engineering, media, aviation, sports or handicraft women have set their foothold in every field of work or profession.

It is discouraging to note that still a section of people in our society has a perception that women are less empowered than men. Hitherto rape, sexual harassment, wage discrimination, domestic violence and social discrimination against women are common phenomena in Bangladesh. Still in many spheres of life we encounter gender discrimination. Hence, being vocal about gender discrimination and violence against women has become a part of our social responsibility. 

In order to make this country self-reliant, pragmatic measures are needed to be integrated to empower women. In this regard, necessary steps should be taken to remove all kinds of barriers and discrimination that prevent women from realizing their full potential. Last but not least, participation of women needs to be enhanced and reinforced in decision making processes.