BCDJC organised a few Colloquiums and a Survey on 'Women in Journalism' on a pilot basis. The ultimate objective of the project is to understand the situation and needs of potential and present women newspersons and develop a long-term comprehensive programme to improve the situation.
BCDJC perceived the urgency to help change the present status of women in journalism in Bangladesh and to undertake a programme aimed to find out the actual status and take opinions of all concerned to formulate a plan of action BCDJC has conducted a survey on 'Women In Journalism', in Bangladesh.
Under the same programme six colloquia were organised participated by publishers, editors, senior journalists, academics, girl students of journalism. Thereafter a technical committee led by a consultant studied the report of the survey and the minutes of the six colloquia.
Then they independently developed recommendations for a series of activities for a long-term comprehensive programme titled 'Women and Journalism'. It has been done in such a manner that the programme can be tailored prioritising components according to availability of resources and suiting other practical contemporary concerns.