Daycare, other facilities recommended for women’s development

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has made a number of recommendations for women’s development in the draft budget for the financial year 2022-23. The budget made recommendations for the future of women’s development.

In order to encourage women in the aviation sector, it was recommended to provide incentive training to two women in flight schools in Bangladesh.

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The budget also recommended increasing the number of women’s restrooms at all domestic airports across the country, providing adequate lighting and CCTV cameras based on airport demand, and improving the lighting system for the women’s safety.

To give priority to women in the development and employment of qualified human resources, it was recommended to create hotels with training centers in the various district capitals.

The budget also encouraged to take training initiatives for women at the local level to motivate them in marketing activities through the promotion and promotion of local products. He also pushed for the creation of separate breastfeeding and daycare corners in commercial units for working women, set up separate complaints boxes for women.

Mara R. Wilmoth