Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen today said
that Bangladesh has long been dedicated to cause of women empowerment and
their meaningful participation in peace and security process.
He made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at a “Multi-Stakeholders
Consultation and Implementation Review” Workshop on Bangladesh’s National
Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP WPS)”, jointly organised by foreign
ministry and UN Women in the capital, a press release said here.
The foreign secretary also highlighted Bangladesh’s leadership in women
empowerment and active engagement of women in community development
initiatives.
He invited the participants at the workshop to focus their discussions on
women’s effective role in addressing challenges like violent extremism, child
marriage and social mobilization to enhance communal harmony.
UN Women country representative Gitanjali Singh spoke as special guest at the
workshop that was participated by representatives from different ministries,
foreign diplomatic missions, civil society bodies including number of
grassroots level women organisations.
Speakers emphasized on the importance of equal role of women in decision
making process for effective implementation of the WPS agenda.
The workshop objective was meant to enhance understanding on the Women, Peace
and Security agenda among all stakeholders and to ensure effective
collaboration to take forward the agenda by sensitizing those who work at the
grassroots level for effective implementation of it.
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha made
presentations on their actions and initiatives on the WPS agenda.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha