Int'l Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership programme

Participants of 'Fortune/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership' programme pose for photograph with US Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton recently

Organised and sponsored by the US Department of State, the programme began on May 1 and will continue until May 25.

Out of 17 participants all around the globe, Farzana, also senior assistant vice-president & head of SME Banking, BRAC Bank, has been selected from Bangladesh for this programme.

This project is the first pilot project under the International Visitors' Programme, the first of its kind for women business leaders from around the world.

The 17 women leaders from nine countries were selected through a competitive selection process, which was recommended by the US embassies.