Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to enhance financial capacity of Joyeeta Foundation as a specialized organization.
She gave the directive during a meeting of the Joyeeta Foundation Board of Governors at her official residence at Ganabhaban on Sunday.
Briefing the media, Prime minister’s Deputy Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon said Sheikh Hasina put emphasis on enhancing capacity of grassroots-level women entrepreneurs.
The prime minister said the main aim of Joyeeta Foundation, an initiative of the government, is to eradicate poverty and make women self-reliant so that they can live in society with greater dignity.
She also briefly described various social safety net programs of the government, including old age and widow allowances, taken for the women.
Sheikh Hasina put emphasis on building Joyeeta Foundation in a way that the women involved with it can take pride of this organization.
