National Policy for the Development of Women - Bangladesh

In March 1997 the Bangladesh Government declared the National Policy for

Development of Women. The objectives of the National Policy are comprehensive in scope and rest on the basic commitment to develop women as a human resource, establish women's human rights, eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and to recognize women's contribution in the social and economic spheres. Specific to employment, the plan includes the following objectives for ending women's economic inequality:

1. To ensure equal rights of women on land, capital and technology as well as on all economic resources.
2. To reduce the gap between women and men regarding availability of necessary information, skills and knowledge to benefit from economic opportunities.
3. Visualization and recognition of the economic activities of women.
4. Ensuring equal participation of women and men in professional occupations.

With regard to the monitoring of the implementation of the various policies, programmes and laws, the National Council for Women's Development and the Inter-ministerial Coordination and Evaluation Committee provide institutional mechanisms through which individuals and various women's organizations can participate.