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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.
Women have become more vulnerable in the current Covid-19 pandemic, and it is crucial that 2020-2021 budgetary allocation reflects the consequences of the pandemic on women, said speakers at a pre-budget webinar yesterday. Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) organised the event. Maleka Banu, general secretary of BMP, said the pandemic has further increased the inequality between