
Radwan Mujib Siddiq interacts with women political leaders in Bangladesh
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 13 Jul 2018 01:06 AM BdST Updated: 13 Jul 2018 01:07 AM BdST
Radwan Mujib Siddiq has interacted with a group of women political leaders and discussed how more women can be brought into politics.
Some 120 women political leaders including MPs took part in the event on Thursday co-organised by the Centre for Research and Information (CRI) and Democracy International (DI) at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka.
Better known by his nickname Bobby, Siddiq is a trustee of the CRI which is the think-tank of the ruling Awami League.
He is the grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana.
Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League Faruk Khan, International Affairs Secretary Shammi Ahmed, DI’s Chief of Party Katie Croake and CRI Executive Director Sabbir Bin Shams were also present.
CRI’s Senior Analyst Shah Ali Farhad, and DI’s Senior Program Manager Lipika Biswas moderated the programme which was part of the two-day conference on ‘Advancing Women’s Leadership in Politics’.
The topics of the conference ranged from the steps required for building a strong foundation to encourage women’s political leadership to what needs to be done for increasing nomination of women candidates in national and local elections.
The conference also discussed how to promote more women participation and leadership within the political parties.
Siddiq said the CRI would work to develop women leaderships and bring them more into politics.
He said more conferences would be organised to encourage women in politics.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the conference on Wednesday.
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