‘End all discrimination against women’

Speakers at the 14th Biennial Zonta District 25 Conference in the city stressed the need for ending all forms of discrimination or injustice against women, reports BSS.

“Despite many success stories, we cannot ignore the fact that women still face several constraints in society and we are yet to be free from violence against women,” said State Minster for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam while addressing the inaugural session of the conference on Friday night.

The 3-day regional conference of Zonta District 25, an organisation comprising of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and working on women empowerment, is being held at Westin hotel in the capital.

The state Minister said empowering women is a catalyst to country's economic growth and success. “Without empowering the half of the total population, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be hard to achieve,” he said.

He termed the theme of this year's Zonta conference 'Dare to Dream' very pertinent to the current socio-economic context of Bangladesh. He said the women of the country are now shining in every sector breaking all the stereotypes and proudly uplifting the image of Bangladesh in international arena.

He said the government is providing skills development training like sewing, beautification, mobile phone servicing, nursery, kitchen gardening, basic computer and IT trainings to facilitate self-employment of women. “We aim to ensure 40 per cent participation of women in every sector by 2021 and 50 per cent by 2030.”

End all discrimination against women

Speakers at the 14th Biennial Zonta District 25 Conference in the city stressed the need for ending all forms of discrimination or injustice against women, reports BSS. Despite many success stories, we cannot ignore the fact that women still face several constraints in society and we are yet to be free from violence against women, said State Minster for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam while addressing the inaugural session of the conference on Friday night. The 3-day regional conference of Zonta District 25, an organisation comprising of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and working on women empowerment, is being held at Westin hotel in the capital. The state Minister said empowering women is a catalyst to countrys economic growth and success. Without empowering the half of the total population, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be hard to achieve, he said. He termed the theme of this years Zonta conference Dare to Dream very pertinent to the current socio-economic context of Bangladesh. He said the women of the country are now shining in every sector breaking all the stereotypes and proudly uplifting the image of Bangladesh in international arena. He said the government is providing skills development training like sewing, beautification, mobile phone servicing, nursery, kitchen gardening, basic computer and IT trainings to facilitate self-employment of women. We aim to ensure 40 per cent participation of women in every sector by 2021 and 50 per cent by 2030.