Tk 1.14b project for unemployed women: Meher Aforz

The government will implement a project at a cost of Tk 1.14 billion aimed at making the unemployed women self-reliant through training. Under the project named ‘Empowerment of Women Through Technology Transfer’, training will be given to the poor and unemployed women of every upazila. State Minister for Women and Children Meher Afroz said this while replying to a question of Treasury bench member Nurunnabi Chowdhury in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on Tuesday. On another question, the state minister said a total of 1,678 sewing machines have been bought at a cost of Tk 15 million for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. ‘The machines will be distributed soon,’ she added, according to BSS.