Empowering women through business development training for couples
Photo: Samuel Stacey/WorldFish
This is a story about Yeasmin Ara and Nurul Islam, a couple from Naogaon, Bangladesh. They shared their experience as a pair attending a business development training session organized by WorldFish in Bangladesh. Following the training, the couple realized how crucial it is for Ara to have a bank account and trade license in her name.
It's about mid-morning in Naogaon, a district in northern Bangladesh. Ara and Islam, are on their way to attend the first day of business development training. They have been married for about 17 years and today is the first time they have attended any training together as a couple.
When asked why she was taking part in the business development training, Ara replied, "I am here to learn. My father worked as a fisherman and I am also married to a fish farmer. I am the person responsible for our ponds."
Although Ara's husband, Nurul Islam, is a fish farmer, he frequently travels to Dhaka to work as a rickshaw puller to earn additional income. While Islam is away, Ara is responsible for tending the six fish ponds including feeding the fish.
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