Speaker calls for men to come forward to empower women

Despite the equal merit, the participation of women in the workplace of the country is only 35 percent. Women's empowerment is being interrupted due to different types of family, social and viewpoint restrictions. Therefore, the struggle for women's rights to remove these restrictions, in addition to women, has urged the men to join the parliament. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury MP

On Monday (March 12th) in the city, Aftabnagar celebrated the International Women's Day, organized by East West University in a discussion meeting on 'Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activist Transforming Women's Lives', he said this as the chief guest. Speaker said that everyone will have to work for establishing rights of women as human rights.

The Senior Research Fellow of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) took part in the discussion. Naznin Ahmed and Development Organization Center for Policy Dialogue, CPD Executive Director Dr. Fahmida Khatun

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of East West University and former governor of the Bangladesh Bank said. Mohammad Farashuddin, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. MM Shahidul Hasan and Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. Fakrul Alam

Speakers, highlighted the progress of women in Bangladesh in the last four decades. As well as in all cases, women should be vocal about their rights until the equal participation is guaranteed.
Members of the Board of Trustees of East West University, teachers, officers and students participate.