Dhaka, March 19 -- Every member globally contributes because they feel women need to make place for themselves, women need to be pulled up, who else to pull them up other than us who (the women) have achieved a little bit in the society and can contribute, explained Dr. Simmen M. Akhtar, President of Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka, about the inspiration of Zonta members.

Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka, a wing of Zonta Internation, is a non-profit club ran by women for women, Zonta believes in empowerment of the women through advocacy and services. Since 2012 Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka has worked in Bangladesh on various projects for different causes of women empowerment.

The members of Zonta, often referred as Zontions are women coming from ...