17 women awarded in 7th Inspiring Women Award

Women In Leadership has honored the most inspiring female professionals of the country at the 7th edition of Inspiring Women Award.

The award ceremony took place at the Grand Ballroom of Le Meridien Dhaka. A total of 17 winners and 10 honorable mentions were awarded this year on the esteemed accolade’s 7th iteration.

This year’s theme of the Women’s Festival was — WIL Women Change the Game.

7th Inspiring Women Award is an initiative of Women in Leadership, powered by Daraz and supported by Akij Tableware, Joya Sanitary Napkin, Shwapno, and Ossum and Team.

Strategic partner of the event was Bangladesh Creative Forum and event partner was Le Méridien Dhaka.

Technology partner of the programme was Aamra Technologies Ltd and PR partner was Backpage PR while the programme was organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum.

The 7th Inspiring Women Award recognised — the leaders of tomorrow, inspiring female professionals, and changemakers of Bangladesh. In doing so, the accolade seeks to inspire women of Bangladesh to take charges and unlock their potential.

Speaking on the occasion, Nazia Andaleeb Preema, president of Women In Leadership said, ‘Inspiring Women Award helps women in the fight of leadership — both inside and outside the professional world. It is not easy to be a woman, but it is easy to be an inspiring one.’

During the welcome speech Shariful Islam, founder and managing director of Bangladesh Brand Forum mentioned, ‘As men no matter how much, we try to understand a woman’s journey it is really difficult to comprehend, especially in Bangladesh as one of the most underutilised resources in Bangladesh is indeed women’s participation.’