Women MPs' increased role stressed
More seats demanded
If more women MPs are included in the standing committees and are oriented in detail on parliamentary procedures, they could effectively take part in parliamentary decision making, researchers said at a discussion yesterday.
Bangladesh has a good 20 percent representation of women in parliament, which is equal to the global average, yet the participation and role playing of women have to go a long way, said eminent researcher Dr Abul Barkat.
He said the number of seats in parliament should be raised from 300 to 600 as population had doubled. And with that, the number of seats for women should be raised to 200, which is one third of it, and in that case there is no need for reserved seats for women, he added.
The discussion, “Women in Parliament: Process and Extent of Participation and Scope for Strengthening their Role”, was held at the capital's Sonargaon Hotel.
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