Prime Minister’s Personal Secretary-2 Wahida Akter on Thursday stressed the need for creating more employment opportunities for marginal women so that they can enormously contribute towards national development, reports BSS.
‘There were social obstacles in the past, but overcoming all the obstacles, underprivileged and marginal women must be integrated in the country’s development process aiming to ensure an inclusive development,’ she said this while inaugurating the training program titled ‘Skill Development Project’ for self-reliant of poor women as chief guest.
She said education and training for women is a must in empowering them economically and there is no alternative to achieving skills to make women self-dependent. She said the country’s women are generally involved in economic activities at household level and their economic empowerment could be ensured utilizing their competence and skills.
District Administration organised the function at Circuit House conference room while Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Helal Hossain in the chair. Superintendent of Police SM Shafiullah attended the event as special guest.
Deputy Director of Local Government department Ishrat Jahan, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Ziaur Rahman, Deputy Director of Women Affairs Department Nargis Fatema Zamin, freedom fighter Alamgir Kabir, among others, also present.
Later, chief guest distributed warm clothes among the Hijra community.
