On 17th October, 2021 CIRDAP celebrated “the International Day of Rural Women” through the webinar and this year’s theme is “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.”

In his opening remark CIRDAP Director General Dr. Cherdsak Virapat said, “CIRDAP is supporting rural women’s and girls’ works in every aspect in the society. CIRDAP works towards gender equality, women’s education, and decent jobs which helps rural women to be empowered. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made in rural areas by the rural women.

On behalf of CIRDAP, I call for immediate global attention to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.”

In the event, there were four speakers from different organizations. The Keynote Speaker is Mr. Arfe Elahi, Chief Technology Officer, a2i Project, Prime Minister’s office, the Government of Bangladesh. On behalf of him, Iqbal Hossain Sohel from a2i project gave the presentation on “Sharing the Covid- 19 Pandemic and Vaccinations programme information to Rural Women through Union Digital Centre (UDC) of a2i project, the Government of Bangladesh”. Ms. Rossukhon Rose Makaramani, Associate Professor, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU), Thailand spoke about the effect of Covid-19 on Rural Girls/Women Education in Thailand. Then, Mr. George C. Babu, Agriculture Specialist, Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP), Ministry of Agriculture, Sri Lanka presented the scenario of the Impact of Covid-19 on Rural Women livelihood in Sri Lanka. Finally, Impact of Covid-19 on Rural Women with disabilities in Bangladesh: A Perspective was discussed by Ms. Rakhee Boruah, Programme Coordinator, The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), Bangladesh. After all the presentations, an effective and fruitful discussion and Q/A sessions was happened amongst the experts, invitees and participants of the different organizations.