Women lawmakers of the ninth parliament at an orientation programme today pledged to work together for empowering the womenfolk politically and towards removing disparity between men and women.
"The number of reserved seats for women in parliament will be increased to 100 and there will be direct election in these seats," Finance Minister Muhith told the House while presenting the budget for 2009-10 yesterday.
Sheikh Hasina, the winner of Bangladesh's parliamentary election last month, was sworn in as the country's prime minister on Tuesday, ending two years of rule by an army-backed interim government.It will be her second time in the office.
Politics is essentially led by women in Bangladesh, said Kamal. Bangladesh's current head of government is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while the heads of opposition were women as well for the past two decades.
In Bangladesh, traditional gender roles keep most women from gaining political power.
Constitution amendment body faces difficulties in introducing direct election system.
A country where two women lead both power and politics, Bangladesh will have more women lawmakers as a special committee, formed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has agreed to make a recommendation for increasing the quota for women in parliament.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to help the government implement National Women Development Policy for the welfare of women. She said that a certain quarter “trading on religion” has been trying to mislead people by misinterpreting the women development policy, although Islam as
Bangladeshi women are pushing government to implement the recently approved National Women Development Policy (NWDP) 2011, which has met with strong resistance from Islamic clergy.