BANGLADESH LDC TO DC : SDG & 7TH FIVE YEARS

PLAN IN LINE WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN

BANGLADESH LDC TO DC
CHALLENGES WAY FORWARD
1. Graduation with diversity-driven macro policy
2. Declining trend of ODA flows and increasing reliance on domestic
resources
3. Creating enabling environment for private sector
4. Diversifying public revenue sources - innovative financing
5. Diversification of exports
6. Strategies to neutralize the loss of trade facilities
7. Support from global community
8. Inequality + -
9. Cultural Development – Mindset…. much more
7th Five Year Plan | SDG Implementation
Gender Strategy for the Seventh Plan : Page - 654
The framework for women’s empowerment and gender equality comprises of 4 areas of
strategic objectives:

Improve women’s human capabilities:

This deals with women’s and girls’ access to health

care, life expectancy, nutrition, reproductive health,
education, information, training, and other services
that enables women to achieve better health and
educational outcomes. This also includes women’s
freedom from violence.

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2. Increase women’s economic benefits:

This relates to women’s access to or control over

productive assets, resources, services, skills, property,
employment, income, information, technology, financial
services, and other economic opportunities including
community resources like land, water, forest etc.

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Enhance women’s voice and agency:
This pertains to women’s role as decision makers in
public and private spheres including politics and
promotion of their leadership is considered here. Changed
attitudes on women’s and girls’ rights, women’s
enhanced knowledge of their rights and increasing their
bargaining power are reflected on.

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4. Create an enabling environment for women’s
advancement:

The socio-political environment, legal and policy support,

and congenial social norms are the key in this area.
Oversight, enforcement of laws, regular collection of sex-
disaggregated data, gender and social analysis skills
including the capacity to develop, implement, and monitor
gender strategies, understanding of gender issues in the
sector are the key areas.

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 To implement these strategic objectives, seven action areas have
been identified that will contribute in achieving results in these
four areas.
1. Increase access to human development opportunities
2. Enhance access to and control over productive resources
3. Increase participation and decision making
4. Establish conducive legal and regulatory environment
5. Improve institutional capacity, accountability and oversight
6. Increase protection and resilience from crisis and shocks
7. Promote positive social norms

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Goals : 17
Targets : 162 (7 not relevant) out of 169
Indicators : 230

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and GED of

Planning Commission
Indicators : 70
Available

Modification : 108
Need to be developed : 52
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SDG IN LINE WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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Possible role of
Press Institute of Bangladesh in SDGs / 7th Five Year Plan
- Building Capacity for SDGs/ 7th Five Year Plan related Reporting
especially 11 SDG Goals
- Organize Research & Development about SDGs/ 7th Five Year Plan process
- Introduce SDGs/ 7th Five Year Plan Reporting award in line with Accurate, Balance
& Fairness
- Publish Handbook on SDGs/ 7th Five Year Plan Reporting / Encourage Rural
Media
- Introduce Data Driven Journalism
- Integrate ongoing/future program in line with SDGs/ 7th Five Year Plan
- Collaboration with others thematic Ministries ( Edu. Health, MOWCA etc)
- Establish strategic relations with international Media Development Organizations
& More
- MOJO- Mobile Journalism
 ননরোপদ
বদ্বীপ

স োনোর
বোংলো DEPENDS on our
ability to
উন্নয়ন translate the
জংশন vision 2100
210
DELTA PLAN
2071 :
100 YEARS of
2041 INDEPENDENCE
DEVELOPED
SDGs 2030 COUNTRY

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 AHM Bazlur Rahman –S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
www.bnnrc.net
ceo@bnnrc.net | 01711881647

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