The present government has taken special initiatives to eliminate discrimination against women in the country's sports arena, ensure their safety, women empowerment and establish their rights.
A committee has been formed with five eminent sports friendly women to establish as one of the medium to fulfill all these objectives.
National award-winning former national table tennis player Jobera Rahman Linu is the convener of this committee. Other four members of the committee are; Farida Yasmin, Member of Parliament for the reserved women's seat of the National Parliament, Sarwat Siraj (Shukla), President of Bangladesh Women's Sports Association, Nasrin Sultana, Professor of the Institute of Health Economics, Dhaka University, and Umme Israt, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
According to an order signed on June 2 by Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Angyajai Marma, the mandate of this committee will be (a) to formulate strategies for the protection, security, participation, development and development of women's talent in sports (b) to take steps to establish women's participation and leadership in sports, (c) to provide training to potential women athletes emerging from the grassroots level for their participation on a larger scale, and to provide institutional and legal support, if necessary, (d) to take steps to ensure the health, nutrition, and mental development of athletes, including social status, (e) to eliminate the investment deficit in women's sports and establish equal financial benefits for women (f) to establish sports as one of the means for establishing women's rights and empowerment, and (g) to take steps to eliminate discrimination against women in sports, and to establish protection, security and equality.
The committee will inform the government in writing about its activities and progress in every two months as per the government decision, and the committee can co-opt an expert as a member, if necessary, on a specific issue.
