This document is a notice regarding a workshop on the amendment of “19 (B)” of “The Guardians and Wards Ordinance (Amendment) 2025”, scheduled to take place on 30.10.2025 at 2:00 PM at the Auditorium of the Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Dhaka, chaired by the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh presents its Ninth (9th) and Tenth Periodic Report under Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The report sets out progress, achievements, and developments in response to the concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Bangladesh. This 9th and 10th Periodic Report on the implementation of the CEDAW presents the progress and accomplishments from 2016 to 2025. The report was prepared through a consultative process with government and non-government agencies, women’s rights organizations, and from an extensive review of relevant reports and literature.