PM Hasina among top 3 inspirational women leaders in Commonwealth

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on the list of the top three inspirational women leaders, who played lead roles in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, among the Commonwealth countries in the world.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC announced the names on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021, a statement to the media from the Bangladesh High Commission in London said on Saturday.

The two other women leaders are: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Motley.

The Commonwealth secretary-general said, “For me whilst I am inspired all the time by so many women and girls, I would like to name three phenomenal leaders in our Commonwealth-Jacinda Arden, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mia Amor Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados and Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh -for their leadership during Covid-19 in their roles in their respective countries.”

“All three leaders alongside so many other women have given me hope for a world that delivers a common future for women and men and serves all of our common good.”