We are still far away from reaching the target of minimum 30 per cent women representation in parliament all over the world which was adopted by the United Nations in Beijing Platform for Action in 1995,” they said while addressing the Regional Conference on South Asia Women’s Political Leadership at a hotel here on Sunday.
They said the target could be reached by the year 2025 if the current rate of progress in the women’s representation continues.
The Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organized the conference under the framework of “Improving Democracy through Parliamentary Development” in cooperation with the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre.
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We are still far away from reaching the target of minimum 30 per cent women representation in parliament all over the world which was adopted by the United Nations in Beijing Platform for Action in 1995,” they said while addressing the Regional Conference on South Asia Women’s Political Leadership at a hotel here on Sunday.
They said the target could be reached by the year 2025 if the current rate of progress in the women’s representation continues.
The Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organized the conference under the framework of “Improving Democracy through Parliamentary Development” in cooperation with the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre.
Read the whole story in The News Today.