Snigdha Ali, Bangladesh Country Lead, Inclusive Financial Systems, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation moderated the event.
She said bankers have more confidence in women who wear modern attire than those who wear the veil, but women's access to the outside world is still restricted.
CRD Managing Director Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman threw light on the research methodology.
Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman inaugurated the programme. He said that 99 percent microcredit in the country is distributed among women.
Atiur said Bangladesh Bank has run various programs to provide loans to women entrepreneurs, adding that women can borrow up to Tk 2.5 million without a mortgage.
Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Nurun Nahar and Hillary Miller-Wise, Deputy Director of Inclusive Financial Systems at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, also spoke at the event.