‘Rural women are now achieving empowerment’

RANGPUR: Thousands of rural women are now moving toward empowerment through achieving sustainable development in the remote areas of Rangpur region, reports BSS.
“Overcoming miseries, the rural women are now educating children to make them worthy citizens though they never thought about better future of their kids in the past,” said Director (Development Programme) of RDRS Bangladesh Monjusree Saha.
“Because of their growing awareness, maternal and neonatal deaths and extent of malnutrition of their children, adolescents and pregnant women reduced to the minimum now,” Director (Health) of Rangpur division Dr Mozammel Hossain said.
Rangpur District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Faridul Haque said many rural women achieved self-reliance through proper utilisation of government assistance being provided under various social safety net programmes.
“Many of them also achieved successes through setting up of smaller cottage industries, enterprises, participatory social forestation, micro-credit activities, income-generating opportunities, VGD and other government programmes,” he added.
Talking to BSS, a number of the successful women said that they achieved the success only after attaining self-reliance through hard endevours at their own or under assistance of various government programmes and NGOs.
The successful women also narrated their achievements putting emphasis on ensuring their equal rights by implementing the women development policy at all levels for empowering them socially, economically and politically. “The rural women could be the driving force in attaining hundred per cent literacy for their children and ending dropouts if all downtrodden womenfolk could attain economic solvency,” successful woman Moyna Rani of village Baraipara said.
She added that all 62 poor households of her village achieved self-reliance through small scale business, animal husbandry, rearing poultry birds, working as farm-labourers, homestead gardening, farming fruits, spices, fish and other agri-activities.
Feroza Begum of Purbo Kochua-1 Asrayan Prokalpo under Nohali union in Gangachara upazila said her family became homeless long ago as the river Teesta devoured everything they had in nearby Fakir Para village.
“Everything changed when I got shelter at Purbo Kochua-1 Asrayan Prokalpo to begin a new journey as the then government of Sheikh Hasina completed its construction during her previous 1996-2001 tenure,” she said.

Rural women are now achieving empowerment

RANGPUR: Thousands of rural women are now moving toward empowerment through achieving sustainable development in the remote areas of Rangpur region, reports BSS. Overcoming miseries, the rural women are now educating children to make them worthy citizens though they never thought about better future of their kids in the past, said Director (Development Programme) of RDRS Bangladesh Monjusree Saha. Because of their growing awareness, maternal and neonatal deaths and extent of malnutrition of their children, adolescents and pregnant women reduced to the minimum now, Director (Health) of Rangpur division Dr Mozammel Hossain said. Rangpur District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Faridul Haque said many rural women achieved self-reliance through proper utilisation of government assistance being provided under various social safety net programmes. Many of them also achieved successes through setting up of smaller cottage industries, enterprises, participatory social forestation, micro-credit activities, income-generating opportunities, VGD and other government programmes, he added. Talking to BSS, a number of the successful women said that they achieved the success only after attaining self-reliance through hard endevours at their own or under assistance of various government programmes and NGOs. The successful women also narrated their achievements putting emphasis on ensuring their equal rights by implementing the women development policy at all levels for empowering them socially, economically and politically. The rural women could be the driving force in attaining hundred per cent literacy for their children and ending dropouts if all downtrodden womenfolk could attain economic solvency, successful woman Moyna Rani of village Baraipara said. She added that all 62 poor households of her village achieved self-reliance through small scale business, animal husbandry, rearing poultry birds, working as farm-labourers, homestead gardening, farming fruits, spices, fish and other agri-activities. Feroza Begum of Purbo Kochua-1 Asrayan Prokalpo under Nohali union in Gangachara upazila said her family became homeless long ago as the river Teesta devoured everything they had in nearby Fakir Para village. Everything changed when I got shelter at Purbo Kochua-1 Asrayan Prokalpo to begin a new journey as the then government of Sheikh Hasina completed its construction during her previous 1996-2001 tenure, she said.