Women’s Empowerment through Journalism

Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies recently organised a Policy Café at Hotel Lake Castle, Dhaka on ‘Women’s Empowerment through Journalism’. The event was moderated by Major General A N M Muniruzzaman ndc psc (retd), President of BIPSS. The invited discussants for the policy dialogue were Ms. Zyma Islam, Senior Reporter of The Daily Star, and Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Editor in Charge of Daily Our Time. The event was attended by distinguished editors, scholars, academics, and other dignitaries and relevant participants like aspiring working journalists, journalism students. The discussion focused on the special role that can be played by women in journalism, and how it’s become a major avenue towards the empowerment of women.