This slide describes about different issues of National Women Development Policy of Bangladesh (2011).

1. Welcome to our presentation on
National Women
Development Policy 2011

2. Introduction
Women constitute a great majority of the population, in
Bangladesh. Though, our womenfolk had been exploited and
neglected for ages together. They were always suppressed
under religious bigotry, social stigma, narrow mindedness, and
discrimination in a male dominated society. So women
development is the precondition of national development.
Begum Rokeya, pioneer of women’s movement met clarion
call for There should have equal opportunity and equal rights
for awakening of women saying, “ You just educate your
daughter’s and let them make their own livelihood.” Women
to ensure national development. In our constitution through
several articles the equal rights and opportunity of both men
and women have been established. It is a harsh reality that it
needed 40 long years after its independence to come up with a
policy guideline to ensure the rights of its women. The women
development policy has created a great scope for the
advancement of women empowerment. The national women
development policy has ensured women’s rights in formulation
and implementation of economic policies.

3. Background
The national policy for the advancement of women was at first
adopted in 1997. It included commitments to eliminate
discrimination against women and girls in all spheres promoting
women equality in areas of education and training, health and
nutrition, housing and shelter, politics and administration. A
national Action Plan for implementing the policy as well as
meeting commitments of the Beijing Platform for Action was
approved in 1998. Women Development policy was amended in
2004 and in 2008 respectively. The present government has
declared, approved and amended the National Women
Development Policy in 2011.

4. Objectives of National Women
Development Policy
The Objectives of NationalWomen Development Policy are as follows (GoB, 2011):
To establish equal rights of men and women in areas of state and public life in the light of the constitution of
Bangladesh;
To ensure socio-economic, political, administrative and legal empowerment of he curse of poverty;
To remove existing male-female disparities as well as to eliminate all forms of abuse of women and female
children;
To innovate and import technology favoring the interest of women and prohibit anti-women technologies;
To take appropriate steps to ensure sound health and nutrition as well as proper shelter and housing of
women;
To arrange rehabilitation of affected women in natural calamities and armed conflicts;
To ensure rights of the disabled women and women belonging to the smaller ethnic groups;
women while establishing gender equality;
To ensure full and equal participation of women in the mainstream socio-economic development
recognizing women's contribution in socio-economic areas;
To bring up women as educated and skilled human resources delivering them from the curse of poverty;
To ensure security and safety of women in all areas of state, social and family life including the widowed,
aged, guardian less, divorced, unmarried and childless women;
To reflect gender equality in the mass media regarding the positive image of the women and female
children; and overall;
To assist in flourishing the talented and genius women of their creative potentials.

5. Programs mentioned in this policy
Ensuring human rights and fundamental freedom of women;
Development of female child;
Elimination of all forms of abuse against women;
Education and training;
Sports and culture;
Ensuring active role of women and their equal rights in all the national
economic activity;
Poverty elimination of women;
Economic empowerment of women;
Employment of women;
Making gender responsive budget and gender disaggregated database ;
Support services;
Women and technology;
Food security of women;
Women and farming;

6. Programs mentioned in this policy
Political empowerment of women;
Administrative empowerment of women;
Health and nutrition;
Housing and shelter;
Women and the environment;
Pre-disaster, during disaster and post-disaster protection of women and
children;
Special program for small ethnic and backward group women;
Women and mass Media;
Special program for the disabled women.

7. Strategies of National Women
Development Policy
The strategies of national women development policy 2011 are given below:
All the ministries will take responsibilities to implement national women
development policy.
All the ministries will focus on this sector so that equal rights of women are
established.
There will be a time limit to implement this policy.
The process of these programs will be reviewed from time to time.
Trained personnel need to be recruited for planning and programming.
There shall be some awareness raising programs.These programs include:
(1) Anti-women laws need to be removed;
(2) Awareness of different ministries and government officials is a must;
(3) Inclusion of women related subjects in the text books etc.
Law enforcing organizations, justice department, government and non-
governmental organizations should pay special attention to these programs.
To help women, women harassment protection programs must be focused.
Different organizations should come forward with a view to implementing these
programs.

8. Strength of National Women
Development Policy
• Women development policy ensure women education and
training;
• Women development policy ensure employment of women;
• Various types of poverty reduction programs are included in this
policy;
• This policy abolish discrimination against women;
• This policy ensure participation of women in administrative
level;
• Women development policy also ensure women participation at
political level (33% women will take part in political parties);
• To motive NGOs including women’s organizations to participate
in publicity campaigns to press for active participation of
women;
• To include women representative in International Peace Mission;

9. Strength of National Women
Development Policy
• To take step to make female education free up to honors level;
• To ensure greater participation of women in sports and cultural
arena;
• To increase participation of women at the level of decision making in
financial institutes;
• To undertake special program aimed at development of backward
women;
• Re-habitation for the women and children who are affected by river
crossing and natural disaster.

10. Short comings of this policy
• This policy was not amended for long time;
• This policy cannot prevent abuse against women;
• The dead poor women are being assisted through the
social safety net program;
• The budget of this policy is limited;
• The penal codes law is not enforced appropriately;
• Discrimination against women is not abolish yet;
• This policy does not encourage women entrepreneurship.

11. Recommendations of National
Women Development Policy
• The law should be enforced strictly;
• Setting up safe shelters for victims of domestic violence
with the support of police and other socio-cultural
entities;
• Create an positive environment for women in polities;
• Provide facilities for women entrepreneurship;
• Upgrade training houses for women with disability;
• The budget related to this policy should be increase and
the allocation of this budget should be fair;
• To motivate the agencies to provide service for women;

12. Concluding remarks
Women of Bangladesh are a driving force for the development of
Bangladesh. As the women constitute half of the total population of
Bangladesh, they can contribute a lot to uphold the fragile economy of
Bangladesh. So women of Bangladesh need to be viewed as potential
contributors to all development process. Without empowering women, the
development of the country is impossible. Empowering women might
achieve fast growth in the country’s development. According to World Bank,
Bangladesh will be transformed into a middle income country within 2021.
Bangladesh is one of the 11 prospective countries that will transcend
countries of European Union within 2030 (National Intelligence Council of
USA). Therefore the active co-operation and participation of both male and
female is needed for true development of our country. In this regard,
implementation of National Women Development Policy is a must.
Implementation of this policy can ensure the empowerment and the overall
development of women in Bangladesh. So GOs, NGOs, international bodies,
civil society and social workers have to play a key role to implement the
National Women Development Policy.

13. Presented by
No. Name Registration No.
01 TuryoTarun Raha 2016233001
02 Md. Monir Hossain 2016233002
03 Farah Tasneem Antu 2016233005
04 Sukria Jahan Fama 2016233006
05 Md. Sohel Rana 2016233007

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