Honorable state minister Dr. Shirin Sharmin Choudhury delivering her speech in the event
Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS) marked its 25th anniversary on June 24, 2011. Since its inception as a women’s rights organization in 1986, BNPS has been continuing its journey to achieve equal rights for women and has become a forerunner in the women’s movement in Bangladesh. Read Details »
Rokeya Kabir, the Executive Director of BNPS is answering a question comes from the audience
BNPS continues its gender budget campaign to eliminate gender discrimination and achieve the Millennium Development Goals related to gender equity and reduce maternal mortality. In a post-budget press conference BNPS demanded to dedicate 7 percent of GDP in national budget for women’s advancement. Despite this common demand from women’s movement budget declared a week ago showed only an obscure 4.5 percent allocation for women. Read Details »
Honorable Deputy Speaker of parliament is sharing his opinion on maternal mortality
Both govt. and opposition’s women Members of Parliament have pledged to mount up their voice to take proper budgetary actions to halt maternal mortality in country. They expressed their concern in an opinion sharing meeting styled ‘Reflection of Millennium Development Goal in national Budget’ organised by Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha on 5th June at a restaurant at Dhanmandi in city. Deputy speaker of parliament Colonel (Rtd.) Sawkat Ali, Hasanul Huq Inu MP, Project Director of Community Health Clinic Project Dr. Makhduma Nargis Ratna, former president of Bangladesh Medical Association Dr. Rashid E Mahbub were presented at the sharing including thirteen women MPs from Awami League and BNP. Read Details »
Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) and Institute for Environment and Development (IED) jointly placed theirs recommendations in a press conference to make the forthcoming national budget gender sensitive. As a part of BNPS’ on going advocacy campaign for gender budgeting this press conference titled, We Want Gender-Friendly National Budget, was organised on May 18, 2010 at the National Press Club, Dhaka.
A partial view of the program
Organizers urged the government to increase the budgetary allocation for women development from the existing three per cent to seven per cent in the next national budget. Read Details »
