Dhaka, May 28 -- Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmin S Murshid on Tuesday said a united effort is needed to advance progress of women, increase their capabilities and prevent violence against them.
"Coordinated initiatives and activities of the government as well as the society must be taken forward in order to advance progress of women and increase their capabilities," she said, reports BSS.
The adviser made the remarks while addressing a consultation workshop titled 'Multi stakeholder consultation on outcome of the sixty-ninth session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)' organized by Ministry of Women and Children Affairs at a hotel in city's Gulshan.
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