Reform commission on women’s affairs to submit report to Dr Yunus Saturday

The reform commission on women's affairs will submit its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday.

The Commission will submit the report to the Chief Adviser at 4:30pm and following the submission of their report, a press conference will be held at the Foreign Service Academy at 5:30pm, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder on Friday.

In November last year, the interim government formed a 10-member Women's Affairs Reform Commission with Shireen Parveen Haque, a founding member of Nari Paksha, as its chief.

Other members of the commission are: Maheen Sultan, senior fellow, Brac Institute of Governance and Development; Sara Hossain, executive director, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (Blast); Fawzia Karim Firoze, president, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association; Kalpona Akter, president, Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation; Dr Halida Hanum Akhter, women's health expert; Sumaiya Islam, executive director, Bangladesh Nari Sramik Kendra; Nirupa Dewan, former member, National Human Rights Commission; Ferdousi Sultana, former senior social development advisor, Asian Development Bank; and Nishita Zaman Niha, a student representative.

The commission took opinions from all stakeholders concerned to finalise their report.