Not all the youths of the country get the same opportunities due to class barriers, and this discrimination needs to end to ensure their development, said Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday.
Pandemic and Disaster - Life of women and girls in climate-vulnerable areas
The Daily Star and Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) jointly organised an online discussion titled “Pandemic and Disaster - Life of women and girls in climate-vulnerable areas” on November 29, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion. Speakers’ serial has been maintained as per the flow of the discussion.
Banasree Mitra Neogi,
Gender Advisor, Manusher Jonno Foundation
This particular study was conducted to observe the collective effects of the pandemic and the climate crisis on women in Bangladesh, especially the ones living in disaster-prone areas. Today s discussion has two main objectives: to showcase the study findings and to find a way to tackle the challenges.