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Bangladesh PM set to visit Jeddah for International Conference on Women in Islam

Bangladesh PM set to visit Jeddah for International Conference on Women in Islam
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 21, 2023. (AFP)
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Updated 25 October 2023

Bangladesh PM set to visit Jeddah for International Conference on Women in Islam

Bangladesh PM set to visit Jeddah for International Conference on Women in Islam
  • Sheikh Hasina to be accompanied to Nov. 6 event by Bangladeshs FM, womens affairs minister

Dhaka: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to travel to 蹤獲弝け next month for the International Conference on Women in Islam, her office said on Wednesday, as the government hoped her presence would inspire more women to take up leadership roles.

The conference, hosted by the Kingdom in coordination with the general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, will take place in Jeddah between Nov. 6 and 8.

According to the OIC, the event will aim to clarify womens rights and responsibilities in Islam, especially womens right to education and work.

Shakhawat Moon, deputy press secretary at the Bangladeshi Prime Ministers Office, told Arab News that Hasina has verbally agreed to join the Women in Islam Conference and details about her trip to 蹤獲弝け were expected to be finalized soon.

The participation of the PM, named on Times 100 most influential people list in 2018 and the daughter of the founding father and first president of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is expected to be focused on womens leadership.

Historically, Muslim women have acquired excellence in different sectors, and its being continued at the present time also, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdul Momen told Arab News earlier this week.

Momen was also expected to join Hasinas delegation to the conference together with State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira.

Our prime minister is one of the best women leaders of the world at the moment. And she is a woman and a Muslim. She will be present there (at the conference), and it will encourage other women across the world to come forward to take up leadership roles. Thats why she will attend the event, Momen said.

The main focus of this visit will be on womens leadership and issues concerning their prospects and problems.