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Viewing cable 09DHAKA1077, WOMEN KEY TO FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN

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09DHAKA1077 2009-11-30 05:54 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dhaka
VZCZCXRO2436
PP RUEHAST RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHDBU RUEHLH RUEHNEH RUEHPW
DE RUEHKA #1077/01 3340554
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 300554Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9717
INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 2196
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0082
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 2959
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DHAKA 001077 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/GWI, SCA/INSB 
DEPT PLEASE PASS USAID 
NEW DELHI FOR FAS HHIGGINS AND DLEISHMAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KWMN EAID PREL EAGR ECON SENV BG
SUBJECT:  WOMEN KEY TO FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN 
BANGLADESH 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1.  (SBU) The recent visit to Bangladesh by Ambassador-at-Large for 
Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer underscored U.S.-Bangladesh 
convergence on a number of issues, including food security and 
climate change, and highlighted the role women should play in these 
efforts.  Ambassador Verveer called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 
and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, both of whom welcomed the prospect 
of collaboration on issues of importance to women, including food, 
health, education and climate change.  Ambassador Verveer and 
Bangladesh's two most senior women agreed that women played a 
pivotal role in development. 
 
PM welcomes USG initiatives 
--------------------------- 
 
2.  (U) Ambassador Verveer, in a call on the Prime Minister with 
Ambassador Moriarty November 11, highlighted the United States' 
commitment to progress on food security and climate change, 
including the role women could play at the grassroots level in 
tackling these problems.  She also highlighted the positive 
developments in Bangladesh since her last trip to the country in 
1995, including the overwhelming number of women working in the 
garment industry and the high turnout of voters in the recent 
elections, especially amongst women.  The Prime Minister praised 
Secretary Clinton's decision to host a meeting on food security on 
the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in September and 
noted the overwhelming response to the event by developing nations. 
 
3.  (SBU) The Prime Minister agreed with Ambassador Verveer that 
involving women in food security programs would increase their 
chances for success.  The PM described a project initiated during 
her previous government in 1996-2001 called "one house, one farm," 
which helped women establish gardens, small livestock operations or 
orchards using existing space in their households.  The program 
intended to help women supplement their incomes or subsistence 
levels.  The PM said the pilot program was well-received though 
challenges existed for women in getting their products to market; 
the GOB established some co-operatives to assist with market access. 
 Hasina said she had a plan for re-establishing this program on a 
larger scale included in this year's budget.  Ambassador Verveer 
noted that the USG's new food security initiative aimed at tackling 
similar challenges. 
 
Health and education also a priority 
------------------------------------ 
 
4.  (SBU) The Prime Minister told Ambassadors Verveer and Moriarty 
that, in addition to food, health and education were keys to women's 
survival and empowerment in Bangladesh.  In terms of health, the PM 
said the GOB was committed to improving its community health 
clinics, particularly with services for women.  The goal was to have 
two health centers for every 6,000 people.  Improving health would 
reduce maternal mortality, which was a significant issue in 
Bangladesh.  On education, the Prime Minister said she would like to 
see free education extended through secondary school and greater 
options for post-secondary education, particularly vocational 
schools. 
 
5.  (SBU) Ambassador Verveer praised Bangladesh for achieving the 
Millennium Development Goal of parity in girls' enrollment in 
primary and secondary school.  She asked for the Prime Minister's 
views on how to keep both boys and girls in school longer in 
Bangladesh, since the drop-out rate was so high.  The Prime Minister 
replied that one solution was school feeding programs.  She said her 
daughter was a child psychologist who had worked in the United 
States and was struck by the impact U.S. school feeding programs had 
on ensuring children stayed in school.  She asked for U.S. 
assistance in this area.  Ambassador Moriarty noted the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture already sponsored some school feeding 
programs in Bangladesh, particularly for schools in southern 
Bangladesh where families lost livelihoods during the 2007 Cyclone 
Sidr disaster.  Everyone agreed on the need to work together to 
consider the quality of food in Bangladesh, since malnutrition was a 
big challenge in Bangladesh. 
 
Support for women in peace-keeping 
---------------------------------- 
 
6.  (SBU) Prime Minister Hasina noted another area in which 
 
DHAKA 00001077  002 OF 002 
 
 
Bangladeshi women could contribute, UN peace-keeping.  She said the 
United Nations and recipient nations had noted the success women 
involved in peace-keeping operations (PKO) had with local 
populations.  As a result, there was interest in more Bangladeshi 
women included in the nation's large contributions to United Nations 
PKO.  The Prime Minister has tasked Bangladesh's Home Ministry with 
identifying women in the police and Army to participate in UN 
operations. 
 
Women in politics 
----------------- 
 
7.  (SBU) Prime Minister Hasina praised the Women's Development 
Policy, which was a comprehensive plan her government was trying to 
push forward and includes women's economic empowerment, health, 
education, and political participation.  She noted that there were 
women in local government thanks to the women's quota and that 
during her previous tenure she ensured the appointment of women 
judges to the High Court.  The Prime Minister highlighted the fact 
that 45,000 women contested in local elections for only 12,000 
positions. Ambassador Moriarty noted that USAID was launching a 
program to help build the capacity of women leaders. 
 
PM and FM focused on climate change 
----------------------------------- 
 
8.  (SBU) Both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni 
discussed global climate change in their meetings with Ambassador 
Verveer.  The Foreign Minister had recently returned from the 
Maldives, where countries most vulnerable to climate change had met 
to prepare for the upcoming summit in Copenhagen.  The Foreign 
Minister said Bangladesh was committed to doing its part on climate 
change mitigation, even as a poor nation suffering the effects of 
climate change.  The Foreign Minister and Ambassador Verveer agreed 
that while women were among the most vulnerable to the effects of 
climate change, they also provided great potential for addressing 
climate change through household solutions.  Ambassador Verveer said 
small changes at the household level were as important as the big 
solutions needed to battle emissions, etc. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
9.  (SBU) U.S. initiatives on food security, global climate change 
and health, and their inclusion of a role for women in each, are 
almost tailor-made for Bangladesh.  Bangladeshis, particularly 
Bangladeshi women, face food, health and environment dilemmas on a 
daily basis.  The GOB's top leaders seem to understand this and 
warmly welcomed projected U.S.-Bangladesh partnership in these 
areas.  Ambassador Verveer's timely visit helped kick off our 
efforts here; we are off to an excellent start. 
 
10.  (U) S/GWI cleared this cable. 
 
DEAN