New York: TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to United Nations on Thursday (March 18) stated that reaching gender equality is India’s precedence focus, including that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved the nation from a paradigm of ladies’s growth to women-led growth.
He made these remarks at an occasion organised by the Permanent Mission of India and the All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA) on the sidelines of the sixty fifth session of the UN Commission on Status of Women.
Speaking on the occasion, Tirumurti stated: “Women’s position has grow to be much more related through the COVID pandemic which has devastated many households and livelihood. Our Government has taken steps on a spread of women-focused and gender-sensitive initiatives to present speedy safety and aid for girls in our society.
“The Permanent Representative stated that ladies have at all times been central to the Indian political life, citing the position of Rani Laxmibai within the freedom battle.
“As a founding member of the United Nations and since the beginning, Indian women leaders have contributed immensely in shaping the concepts and discourse on human rights and gender equality, including through leading by personal example,” he added.
Tirumurti additionally recalled the contribution of Indian ladies similar to Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Lakshmi Menon, Begum Shareefah Hamid Ali, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and extra.
“Over the decades, India has worked closely with the United Nations system in promoting and advocating gender equality and empowerment of women,” he stated whereas lauding the fee for rising as a singular and the most important platform for policymakers for dialogue and to set international norms and requirements.
He additionally referred to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted on the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 as a major turning level for the worldwide agenda for gender equality.
“Today, in India, more than 1.3 million elected women representatives lead in the formulation and implementation of public policies at the grassroots level. In line with its priority to empower women, the Government is implementing a series of flagship programmes focusing on women, including on their financial, digital and health inclusion,” he additional stated.
