Different professionals have expressed their interest in getting nominations from the ruling Awami League for the reserved seats for women in the 12th National Parliament. A total of 1549 aspirants bought nomination forms of Awami League.
Among them are women leaders, film actresses, social and NGO personalities holding various positions in the party. It is expected that the current ruling party Awami League will contribute to various sectors and give priority to meritorious women in reserved seats for women.
The names of many who have been nominated are in the discussion. One such is social and NGO personality Jasmine Prema, who collected nomination from Chittagong division. She has been working steadily for 30 years with the aim of awakening women at the field level, realizing women's rights, preventing women's abuse and making women work.
Jasmin Prema is a successful entrepreneur and founding chairman of Social Welfare and Development Corporation (SCUS), a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political voluntary women-led development organization. Since 1996, she has been working with the backward communities across the country through SCUS.
Jasmine Prema passed MA from Dhaka University. She was involved in various social and cultural organizations from the young age.
She was regularly involved in various developmental work besides writing for newspapers since her studies in the university. From her childhood she had a strong desire to work for social change and work towards achieving his goals.
She thought about how to develop fate of people, change the socio-economic conditions, establish the rights of deprived women and children, etc. It was the childhood thought that inspired her to become the current head of a development agency called Scus. Apart from being the Chairman of Social Welfare and Development Corporation (SCUS), she is serving with honor in various institutions.
Under Jasmin Prema's tireless efforts and able leadership, Social Welfare and Development Corporation (SCUS) has been able to improve the socio-economic conditions of poor, marginalized and underprivileged people by successfully implementing various projects in maternal and child health services.
Also EPI, nutrition, protection of childless women; safe water, sanitation and hygiene; control of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB; non-formal education for children, adolescents and adults; food security; Environment and natural resources and disaster management; Child Protection and Gender Based Violence (GBV), Conservation of Biodiversity; Livelihood Initial Recovery and Shelter for Disaster Communities, Livelihood and Life Skills Education, Vocational Training for IGAs and Marginalized Groups; Women Development and Empowerment Programme; low-cost housing, livestock, social forestry, climate change, disability rehabilitation, rights and justice.
and good governance programmes; He has played a major role in social change by working extensively on safe migration projects, emergency response, response to Rohingya crisis.
Jasmin Prema is also currently involved with various networking forums of national and international arena. She is a member of Bangladesh Country Coordination Mechanism (BCCM), Global Fund, Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB), Bangladesh STI/AIDS Net, Bangladesh Human Rights Coordinating Council-BMSP, Forum for Women (FWBW), Campaign for Population Education (CAMPE), Info. , Networking for Response, Preparatory Activities (NIRAPAD), National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD), Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS), National Alliance for Migrants Rights Bangladesh (NAMR,B), Bangladesh Interfaith Peace and Justice Council ( Served in various forums including BICPAJ), Public Health Movement (PHM).
