Distressed women get grants worth Tk 5 lakh

More than 100 distressed women were given grants worth Taka five lakh in the district this year for freeing them from their vulnerable condition. Department of Women Affairs (DWA) organized the grant distribution ceremony at conference hall of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) here recently.

RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu, Ward Councilors Abdul Momin and Towhidul Alam Suman and District Women Affairs Officer Shabnam Shirin attended the addressed the meeting. The meeting was told that the DWA has implemented various women empowerment and social safety net related development programmes involving around Tk 265.96 crore in the district during last ten years.

Shabnam Shirin said that more than 2.71 lakh women were brought under the uplift schemes. Under the Distressed Women Development Programme, 1,65,552 women were given food grain assistance worth about Tk 226.48 crore. They were also given training on income-generation trades.

Some 37,494 poor mothers were given maternal allowance worth around Tk 15.01    crore. The beneficiaries were also imparted five-day training on 15 need-based issues.

Under the working lactating mother assistance fund programme, 34,530 mothers were given allowance worth around Tk 6.84 crore. Each of them was given 24-hour training on 15 need-based issues. Shirin said the mothers along with their infants were given necessary antenatal and postnatal healthcare services for maintaining their sound health. Some 5,392 babies from limited-income families were given daycare services in the district at a cost of around Tk 43.91 lakh. Around 1,722 either working or job-hunting women received residential services in working women hostel.

Distressed women get grants worth Tk 5 lakh

More than 100 distressed women were given grants worth Taka five lakh in the district this year for freeing them from their vulnerable condition. Department of Women Affairs (DWA) organized the grant distribution ceremony at conference hall of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) here recently. RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu, Ward Councilors Abdul Momin and Towhidul Alam Suman and District Women Affairs Officer Shabnam Shirin attended the addressed the meeting. The meeting was told that the DWA has implemented various women empowerment and social safety net related development programmes involving around Tk 265.96 crore in the district during last ten years. Shabnam Shirin said that more than 2.71 lakh women were brought under the uplift schemes. Under the Distressed Women Development Programme, 1,65,552 women were given food grain assistance worth about Tk 226.48 crore. They were also given training on income-generation trades. Some 37,494 poor mothers were given maternal allowance worth around Tk 15.01 crore. The beneficiaries were also imparted five-day training on 15 need-based issues. Under the working lactating mother assistance fund programme, 34,530 mothers were given allowance worth around Tk 6.84 crore. Each of them was given 24-hour training on 15 need-based issues. Shirin said the mothers along with their infants were given necessary antenatal and postnatal healthcare services for maintaining their sound health. Some 5,392 babies from limited-income families were given daycare services in the district at a cost of around Tk 43.91 lakh. Around 1,722 either working or job-hunting women received residential services in working women hostel.