, Sept. 6 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Sunday stressed the need to ensure equal participation of women and men in the country's development process, saying transforming the population into human resources remains one of Bangladesh's major challenges.

"Women and men have equal roles in making the most of the demographic dividend. We must ensure their equal participation in the development process," he said.

The Speaker said this while addressing a workshop titled "Parliament's Role in Realizing Population Dividends, SDGs and ICPD Commitments" as the chief guest at the Parliament's Oath Hall.

The workshop was organised by the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat under the SPCPD project.

Hafiz Uddin said Bangladesh could move forward by ...