Greater regional trade in South Asia can empower women

 

Girija Shivakumar, and Talajeh Livani

|July 08, 2019

“Women in Bangladesh are no less competent than men, and it is time that they get the highest encouragement and support not only from the government but also from their families to get involved in business ,” says, Baliamari Haat, a female vendor from Kurigram in Bangladesh.

Her sentiment echoes through South Asia, a region where women have historically had far fewer opportunities than men in the economic, social, and political spaces, leaving millions of them voiceless and undermining their full potential.

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