Hasina gets UNESCO recognition

FE Team | Published: September 09, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received recognition Monday from the UNESCO for her "tireless efforts to promote female education in Bangladesh," report agencies.
UNESCO director general Irina Bokova presented a memento titled, 'Peace Tree', to the Prime Minister in recognition of her outstanding contribution to girls' and women education.
Bokova handed over the memento at the inaugural ceremony of an International Conference on "Girls' and women literacy and education: Foundations for sustainable development" marking the International Literacy Day 2014 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city.
The programme was organised by the government of Bangladesh in partnership with the UNESCO, in support of the UN Secretary General's Global Education First Initiative (GEFI).
According to an information note of the Foreign Ministry, Bangladesh has made remarkable strides in education and literacy, especially in the areas of girls' and women's literacy and education.
Gender parity has improved in both primary and secondary education as well as in youth and adult literacy.
WHO Award for Saima
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has nominated the daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Saima Hossain Putul for the South Asia Award for Excellence in Public Health.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim made the disclosure at a press conference at the city's Sonargoan Hotel Monday.
The conference was organised to brief the journalists about the issues to be discussed on the meeting where the Health Ministers from 11 countries of the World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEAR) will meet here for a four-day meeting to discuss the key health issues facing the region.
Putul, chief of the new national advisory committee on autism has been selected for the award in recognition of her "glorious and outstanding" contributions to create mass awareness about autism in Bangladesh and in South Asia.
Putul would receive the award on September 10 from Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director for South-East Asia of WHO, said the Minister.