Mahila Parishad demands inclusion of gender budget Staff Correspondent | Published: 19:15, Jun 09,2021
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Wednesday expressed concern over dropping gender budget report in the proposed national budget for 2021-22. They came up with the concern at a virtual press conference. Jahangirnagar University professor, economist and central leader of Mahila Parishad Sormindo Nilormi, read out the keynote paper and said that the government had dropped placing gender budget from 2020 in the budget showing the cause of Covid pandemic. ‘Due to this, the developments of women would be,’ Sormindo said and demanded including a gender budget in the budget for the fiscal 2021-22.