Speaker emphasizes empowerment of rural women for sustainable development

Online Desk : Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has put emphasis on the need to ensure empowerment of grassroots level women for the sake of sustainable development.

She said this during a meeting with a delegation of KNH Germany, an international non-government organization at her Jatiya Sangsad office on Thursday.

The Speaker further said the benefits of social safety net programme should be reached to the rural women in a bid to ensure their sustainable development.

She also expressed her hope that along with the government initiatives the non-government organisations would also come forward to this end.

KNH Bangladesh Country Coordinator Maruf Rumi Momtaz, who led the delegation, informed that the KNH Germany works for development of under privileged children and women in 32 countries including Bangladesh.