Ferdaus Ara Begum is one of the leading members in a government delegation from Bangladesh to a UN conference called BEIJING PLUS TEN. This conference is being held on the occassion of the tenth anniversary of of World Women's Conference at Beijing. In this first part of this exclusive interview with VOA Bangla Service , Ferdaus Ara Begum who is an additional secretary of the government of Bangladesh talks about the development of women in Bangladesh . She said that Bangladeshi women have achieved a lot over the days.