Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is working to ensure equal participation of women in every sphere of society so they could make their presence bold to expedite country’s development. “A society can’t move ahead without the development of women when they are the half of total population . . . If women can’t prepare themselves equally, how this society will be built?” she said at a programme of Begum Rokeya Day and Begum Rokeya Padak-2020 distribution.