The parliamentary standing committee on the Women and Children Affairs Ministry on Wednesday recommended that the government recognize women's domestic work as an economic activity.
The recommendation came at the meeting of the watchdog held at the national parliament building.
Ruling Awami League MP elected from Munshiganj-2 and chairperson of the committee Sagufta Yasmin presided over the meeting.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain (Rimi), Md Abdul Aziz, Shahida Tarek Dipti, Syeda Zakia Noor, Parul Akhtar, Tahmina Begum, Rezia Islam and Sabera Begum participated in the meeting.
In the meeting, the parliamentary standing committee recommended taking necessary steps to promote the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs at the grassroots level organized by the National Women's Association so that they become more successful.
In the meeting, it was recommended to strengthen the monitoring system to keep all the activities undertaken by the National Women's Organization in 64 districts and 50 upazilas of the country.
