Women leaders and UN in Bangladesh meet to advance gender equality

“In the past fifty years, Bangladesh has made incredible achievements in its remarkable development journey. Women’s participation, representation, and leadership in all areas of public life has significantly increased, but there remains a vast untapped potential which will only be fulfilled through the investment in women and girls and – in their health, education, decent jobs and social protection, productive capacities and protection from discrimination – is taken seriously and if they, as agents of their own change, have a bigger role in public life.” 

At the roundtable, women leaders shared their diverse experiences, successes, and challenges. They discussed barriers to women’s representation and leadership and identified actions to jointly tackle these issues to advance gender equality in Bangladesh.