The executive director concluded her five-day visit to Bangladesh when she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, among others. She extended her appreciation to the prime minister for “generously” opening the border and sheltering the Rohingya refugees and agreed with the prime minister that the host communities impacted by the refugee influx need as much support as the refugees. Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, briefs journalists. She met with a number of refugee women and girls in the Rohingya camps. She also visited the UN Women Multi-Purpose Women's Centre and the Women-Friendly Space run by Action Aid where UN Women supports women's skills training and spoke with women and young girls that were at the Centres.

Source: bd News24 February 03, 2018 19:07 UTC