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April
12, 2000
Gopalganj,
Apr 10 (UNB) - A 50-bed hostel will be constructed shortly for working
women in Sadar thana of the district at a cost of Tk 38 lakh.
State
Minister for Women and Children Affairs Prof Zinatunnesa Talukder
disclosed this while addressing a daylong workshop here Monday on the
“Role and importance of WID (women in development) coordination
committee in implementing national work-plan for women development
.
Speaking
on the occasion, the state minister said all the ministries and
departments concerned alongside the Ministry of Women and Children
Affairs would have to make coordinated efforts for the development and
empowerment of women.
The
present government is committed to empowerment of women aiming at
overall development of the country, she said adding that it is
implementing the national women development policy and work-plan.
Prof
Zinatunnesa mentioned that the offices of Women Affairs Directorate
have been extended to 64 districts and 316 thanas under the present
government from the previous 22 districts and 136 thanas.
Women
and Children Affairs Secretary Prof Tahmina Hossain and additional
Deputy Commissioner of Gopalganj Syed Mahbub Hasan also spoke on the
occasion.
Earlier,
the state minister offered fateha at the mazar of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara and visited the site of the Karmajibi
Mohila Hostel.
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