Female BCS officers being discriminated
Say gender experts
Female civil service officials have been facing different forms of discrimination during their posting, promotion, and transfer nowadays, according to gender experts.
Apart from disparities, they are also facing problems due to lack of childcare facilities and women-friendly lavatories in their offices, said Prof Nazmunnessa Mahtab of women and gender studies department, Dhaka University.
Prof Mahtab was presenting the keynote paper at a consultation workshop at Cirdap auditorium in the city yesterday.
She also said, “I have found some women Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) officers telling that they fall victim to teasing by their male colleagues.”
The male officers are often found to have told the females “you will get promotion and better posting as you are a woman,” said Prof Mahtab.
According to the gender expert, remarks of this type are gender insensitive that directly neglect qualification of a woman.
The workshop “Promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women at workplace” was jointly organised Labour and Employment Ministry and International Labour Organisation (ILO).
ILO's national programme officer Selina Ahmed moderated the workshop addressed by Labour Secretary Nurul Haque, Joint Secretary Abdur Razzaq, ILO Bangladesh deputy director, and Ranjan Karmokar of Steps Towards.
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