The Dhaka Times Desk Women empowerment is considered as an indicator of social development. The State Minister for Women and Children Affairs was selected as the speaker of the National Assembly on the basis of that development index. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury. This approval was given at the 20th emergency meeting of the Awami League parliamentary party at the meeting room of the government party on the 9th floor of the west block of Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Monday night.
Empowerment of women is considered necessary not only for women's liberation from subhuman conditions or women's development, but as the main and first step in solving all the problems the world is facing. Not only at the international level, but also in Bangladesh, from the local level to the national level, women's empowerment is being given importance in any policy-making discussion or problem solving. On the basis of this importance consideration, Shirin Sharmin was given the responsibility of the speaker directly in the special interest of the Prime Minister; Awami League General Secretary and Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam proposed the name of Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and later everyone supported it.
After the meeting, Syed Ashraf told reporters in a briefing that women are going to hold another important position in the country. The Prime Minister is a woman, the Leader of the Opposition is a woman and the Deputy Leader of Parliament is a woman. Being a woman speaker is another step forward in the empowerment and development of women. Hope, he will show competence and skill.
Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury is Bangladesh's first woman, highly educated and world's youngest speaker. Halima Yakub in the Parliament of Singapore among some countries in the world, Deputy Speaker of Abu Dhabi Dr. A few countries have female speakers, including Amal Al-Qubaisi, the first female speaker in India's Lok Sabha, Meera Kumar.
Dr. Brief Biography of Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury:
Currently, the Minister of State for Women and Children. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was born on October 6, 1966. His father, Rafiqullah Chowdhury, a prominent figure in Chatkhil, Noakhali district, was a Jandarel CSP officer. Later he became Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh. Mother Professor Nayar Sultana was a member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was a brilliant student in her student life. In 1983, he got the first place in the merit list of the SSC examination from the humanities section of the Dhaka Board.
In 1985, he got the second place in the merit list of HSC in the same board. He obtained LLB from Dhaka University in 1989 and LLM from the same university in 1990.
In 2000, he received his PhD in Law from the University of Essex, UK. After passing LLM, he started his career as a lawyer enrolled in Bangladesh Bar Council in 1992.
Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury has worked with people on various constitutional issues. He is involved with various human rights organizations in the country and abroad. Participated in many national, regional and international seminars on human rights issues. Poverty alleviation in South Asia was notable among them.
After working as a lawyer on the panel formed for Sheikh Hasina's release in 2008, he came to the attention of Sheikh Hasina. Central member of Bangladesh Awami League and member of parliament in the reserved women's seat of Awami League in the 9th national parliament election. Later, the State Minister of the Ministry of Women and Children!
It is noted that he has to leave the ministry before taking oath as Speaker. The post became vacant after Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate took oath as President on April 24.
When the news spread that Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was elected Speaker, there was a flood of joy in Chatkhil, Sonaimuri, her birthplace and parliamentary constituency of Noakhali.
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