Short History of Department of Women Affairs

Department of Women Affairs (DWA) plays an important role by implementing different programmes in 64 districts and 396 Upazilas for empowering women at the grass root level. The main activities of the DWA are:

• Project planning, implementation and monitoring.
• Registration and assistance to the women headed grass root organizations.
• Imparting vocational training to women.
• Assisting distressed women by providing credit and training for self employment.
• Prevention of violence against women and children.
• Follow up its activities undertaken at district and Upazila levels.
• Provide all necessary support to the Ministry.