(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on
Wednesday said that India has been at the forefront of uplifting
and empowering women at the socio-economic and Political front
while addressing the 66th session of the United Nations Commission
on Status of Women (UNCSW).
'India is witnessing a rapid transition from women's development
to women-led development, we have developed a multi-pronged
approach in our strategy under the leadership of our honorable
Prime Minister,' Irani said in her address.
The Minister highlighted several aspects of the socio-economic
and political status of women in India, giving various statistics
related to female literacy, sex ratio, female ownership of land,
houses, and bank accounts, and also political participation of
women in parliament.
'We are firmly committed to eliminating all forms of
discrimination, disadvantages, and violence against women. This is
the fundamental framework that underpins our development story in
which women's agency and leadership plays a key role in the
realization of our aspiration of an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', that is
an India that is self-reliant, not just for our own sake, but in
the interest of the global community in the post-COVID world,' the
minister said.
Irani also paid homage to female healthcare workers and
scientists for their major role in handling the COVID-19 pandemic
in India.
'I pay homage to the service and resilience of over 6 million
Indian female frontline workers who have protected our communities
during the pandemic and Indian female scientists who have immensely
contributed to the development of the vaccine and test kits in
India,' she said.
She further highlighted the steps being taken by the Indian
government to facilitate gender equality in India.
'The government of India has taken various steps to ensure that
women in India are educationally, socially, economically and
politically lifted,' Irani said while citing steps like the
introduction of a Gender Inclusion Fund under the New Education
Policy (NEP), provisions in the new labour codes to promote female
employment and encouraging female participation in previously
unconventional sectors like mining and defence.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal
global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the
promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. It is a
functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
and was established on June 21, 1946.
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