Work together to ensure equal rights for women: PM

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday has urged all to work together for ensuring equal rights and opportunity for women in family, society and in the country.

The premier made the call in a separate message issued on the eve of the "International Women's Day-2017".

She said different countries and international organizations, including the United Nations, praised the government for attaching priority to empowering of the womenfolk, ensuring gender equality and poverty alleviation in the national development plans.

"We've formulated the National Women Development Policy 2011 and necessary laws and policies have also been made to empower women and prevent violence against them," said the Prime Minister.

The successful participation of women in different areas of the country including politics, judiciary, administration, education, armed forces and law enforcing agencies are now being visible, she added.

The government, she said, has also introduced motherhood allowance, allowance for lactating mothers and allowances for widows-divorced and repressed women to ensure social security for women.


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