Experts for equal distribution of resources for steady growth
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Country's development efforts could be expedited further keeping GDP at 5.0 per cent by ensuring equal distribution of natural resources, experts said at a seminar Saturday, reports BSS.
Any development effort would go in vain unless women were empowered economically by providing them with necessary support side by side with eliminating all sorts of discriminations against them, they added.
Bangladesh economic Association (BEA) organised the seminar on 'Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Bangladesh Perspective' in its auditorium in the city.
Prof Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury of Economics Department of Dhaka University (DU) presided over the seminar, while BEA general secretary economist Prof Abul Barakat, former chairman of CEDAW committee Salma Khan, DU teachers Mahmuda Islam and Sadeka Halim, Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal Science and Technology University and vice president of BEA Md Zahirul Islam Sikder also attended the seminar.
BEA vice president Hannana Begum in her keynote paper said women spend the whole day in different sorts of activity which was directly contributing to the Gross National Product (GNP). She expressed her dissatisfaction over the government's slow implementation process of the proposed women policy.
Prof Abul Barakat said the BEA should form a national level committee, which would act as a pressure group for ensuring maximum value addition of natural resources such as coal, oil and gas. Apart from this, he said, the committee would give top priority to women development.
Prof Mahmuda Islam cited the UN CEDAW human rights document of people and said media could play a vital role in materialising the CEDAW charter.
She suggested incorporation of laws against repression of women in line with the CEDAW report before the submission of the report next year.
Sadeka Halim said a number of countries made the women rights universal after implementation of the CEDAW charter.
She identified lack of understanding between policy makers and national mechanism with inadequate resources as major hurdles in executing the CEDAW.
Zafar Iqbal underscored the need for creating broad-based public opinion for checking all sorts of repression against women.
Zahirul Islam Sikder said it was a legal obligation of the government to implement the charter without any delay.
Any development effort would go in vain unless women were empowered economically by providing them with necessary support side by side with eliminating all sorts of discriminations against them, they added.
Bangladesh economic Association (BEA) organised the seminar on 'Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Bangladesh Perspective' in its auditorium in the city.
Prof Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury of Economics Department of Dhaka University (DU) presided over the seminar, while BEA general secretary economist Prof Abul Barakat, former chairman of CEDAW committee Salma Khan, DU teachers Mahmuda Islam and Sadeka Halim, Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal Science and Technology University and vice president of BEA Md Zahirul Islam Sikder also attended the seminar.
BEA vice president Hannana Begum in her keynote paper said women spend the whole day in different sorts of activity which was directly contributing to the Gross National Product (GNP). She expressed her dissatisfaction over the government's slow implementation process of the proposed women policy.
Prof Abul Barakat said the BEA should form a national level committee, which would act as a pressure group for ensuring maximum value addition of natural resources such as coal, oil and gas. Apart from this, he said, the committee would give top priority to women development.
Prof Mahmuda Islam cited the UN CEDAW human rights document of people and said media could play a vital role in materialising the CEDAW charter.
She suggested incorporation of laws against repression of women in line with the CEDAW report before the submission of the report next year.
Sadeka Halim said a number of countries made the women rights universal after implementation of the CEDAW charter.
She identified lack of understanding between policy makers and national mechanism with inadequate resources as major hurdles in executing the CEDAW.
Zafar Iqbal underscored the need for creating broad-based public opinion for checking all sorts of repression against women.
Zahirul Islam Sikder said it was a legal obligation of the government to implement the charter without any delay.