June 28, 2026

Staff Correspondent

bdnews24.com

Social Welfare Minister Abu Zafar Md Zahid Hossain has stressed that empowering women in Bangladesh's marginalised areas with knowledge, skills and confidence is essential to withstanding the growing impacts of climate change.

There is no alternative to building women's capacity to adapt to climate-related challenges, he said while speaking at a workshop at Aloki Convention Centre on Tejgaon Link Road in Dhaka on Sunday.