Women leaders called upon the government to formulate a gender-sensitive health policy and allocate funds in budget’s health sector for women for establishing their right to health.

A delegation of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad placed the demand when they called on Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhul Haque at the ministry Thursday.

The minister informed them about the steps taken by government for ensuring female health.

The minister assured the delegation that “effort would be made to turn the national health policy, formulated during the previous AL government, into gender-sensitive and women-friendly after re-evaluating it”.

Dr Haque expressed his hope that the present government would be able to contribute to protecting health of women by activating community clinics, introduced by the earlier AL government.

President of the Parishad Ayesha Khanam led the eight-member delegation. Vice-president Prof Dr Nazmunnahar and Dr Fauzia Moslem were on the delegation.

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