Artworks of Rokeya Sultana and Kanak Chanpa Chakma, two women artists of Bangladesh, have been selected for exhibition at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
UNESCO director general Irina Bokova will inaugurate the exhibition on March 7 and it will remain open to public till March 21. The exhibition is being organized jointly by UNESCO and its member states to celebrate the International Women’s Day on March 8, said a foreign ministry media release issued on Saturday.
The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls’.
The artworks of Rokeya Sultana and Kanak Chanpa Chakma have been selected to represent the Asia-Pacific region.
Their artworks will be put on display alongside the artworks of seven other renowned artists from Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Benin, Bulgaria, Canada, Peru and Russia.
‘This will help project Bangladeshi culture at the global level,’ said Shahidul Islam, ambassador and Bangladesh’s permanent representative to UNESCO.
-With UNB/New Age input
