Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said Bangladesh has long been dedicated to the cause of women empowerment and women's meaningful participation in the peace and security process. He also highlighted Bangladesh's leadership in women empowerment and active engagement of women in community development initiatives. The Foreign Secretary was speaking at a multi-stakeholders consultation and implementation review workshop on Bangladesh’s national plan on women, peace and security (NAP WPS), jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women on Sunday. EU, Bangladesh commit to enhancing good nutrition through good governance Masud Momen invited the participants at the workshop to focus their discussions on women's effective role in addressing challenges like violent extremism, child marriage and social mobilization to enhance communal harmony. The Foreign Secretary joined the event as the chief guest, while the country representative of the UN Women Gitanjali Singh was present at the event as the special guest. Representatives from different Ministries, foreign diplomatic missions, civil society organizations including a number of grassroots level women organizations, were also present at the event. Other speakers also emphasized on the importance of the equal role of women in the decision making process for effective implementation of the WPS agenda. The objective was meant to enhance understanding on the Women, Peace and Security agenda among all stakeholders and to ensure effective collaboration to take forward the agenda by sensitizing those who work at the grassroots level for effective implementation of it. EU's Election Exploratory Mission to begin activities Sunday Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha made presentations on their actions and initiatives on WPS agenda. The workshop participants engaged in a tabletop exercise and reviewed the implementation of the National Action Plan, effective till 2025, challenges and ways to overcome them. MoU signed for cross-border cooperation in research on ocean sciences  

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