Women's empowerment can be described in a variety of ways, including accepting or attempting to seek out women's perspectives, and elevating women's status through education, awareness, literacy, and training. Women Entrepreneur India aims to keep you up to date on all of the women empowerment events that have occurred in the last week. Take a look at this.
SELECT CITYWALK SUPPORTS THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE SHEDECIDES INDIA
SheDecides is a global political movement founded to protect women's fundamental rights and bodily autonomy in the face of a policy implemented by former US President Donald Trump, which prohibited financing for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in other countries that supported abortion advocacy.
In the presence of Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Dr. Jaideep Malhotra, President, FOGSCI, Kamla Bhasin, Human Rights Activist, Robin Gorna, Global Co-Lead, SheDecides, and many other social activists, SheDecides India, the first national movement of SheDecides, was officially launched at Select CITYWALK in 2018.
It aims to empower women and girls in Bangladesh by creating awareness about bodily autonomy and human rights, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence, as well as involving feminist and youth leadership.
FLIPKART LAUNCHED 'FLIPKART FOUNDATION' TO SUPPORT WOMEN & RURAL AREAS
The Flipkart Foundation was established and launched by Walmart-backed homegrown e-commerce giant The Flipkart Group, with a focus on rural areas and providing equitable access to growth opportunities for women and other disadvantaged communities. n the next decade, the Flipkart Foundation hopes to have a direct and indirect impact on 20 million people.
The Flipkart Foundation is funded through grants from the Flipkart Group and through the 'Charity Checkout' function available on Flipkart platforms, which makes philanthropic giving simple and seamless.
The Foundation was officially launched in New Delhi by the Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. Virendra Kumar, and Minister of State for Rural Development and Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, in the presence of Flipkart Group, Krishna Raghavan, Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs officer, Chief People Officer, Flipkart, and other senior government and Flipkart officials.
IBM & WE-ACE ENABLE WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS ON CURRENT TRENDS
VOW (Voices of Women), an exclusive online writing contest for women sponsored by IBM and presented by We-Ace, has given women a platform to express their opinions on current events.
Women have been told to keep quiet and not express their opinions in most societies, but on the contrary, women have performed far better than society anticipates. This blogathon is a unique blogging competition for women to have their voices heard and to stage a variety of thoughts, ideas, and opinions on hot subjects, themes, and concerns that affect women.
Many women have been empowered by We-Ace and IBM's combined endeavour to speak up about the workplace and their role in business and society at large.
THE 'STAND UP INDIA' PLAN HAS MET THE AMBITIONS OF WOMEN, SCS, AND STS: GOVERNMENT
Recognizing the difficulties faced by ambitious SC, ST, and women entrepreneurs, the "Stand up India" scheme was introduced on 5 April 2016 to promote entrepreneurship at the grassroots level with an emphasis on economic empowerment and employment creation. The scheme was extended for the entire year of 2019-20, which corresponded to the 15th Finance Commission period of 2020-25.
“As we commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Stand-Up India scheme, it is heartening to see that more than 1.33 lakh new job-creators and entrepreneurs have so far been facilitated under this Scheme,” Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a message on the occasion.
She further said, “More than 1 lakh women promoters have benefitted from this Scheme during its six years of operation. The Government understands the potential these rising entrepreneurs have in driving economic growth through their roles as not just wealth-creators but also job-creators.”
IN TAMIL NADU, A DALIT WOMEN-LED UNION PAVES THE WAY TO SAFER WORKPLACES
Following the rape and murder of a member, a campaign headed by a dalit women's trade union was successful in convincing H&M, Eastman Exports, and Natchi Apparels, Dindigul, to ensure that there is no gender-based violence against women employees in the factories where they source their products.
Thivya Rakini, state president of the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU), who has worked in spinning mills of Dindigul and its surrounding areas, said, “Most of the workers in the spinning mills and garment factories are dalits who endure the harassment for their families, and never speak out,” said Rakini. TTCU was formed in 2013. It now has 1,1000 members throughout Tamil Nadu.
ORMAX MEDIA & FILM COMPANION UNVEIL 2ND EDITION OF 'O WOMANIYA!'
Ormax Media, a media consultancy firm, and Film Companion, an entertainment platform, have announced the launch of O Womaniya!, the second edition of their initiative on female representation in Indian entertainment. The O Womaniya! 2022 edition, which will be released in June of this year, will be the first female representation report to have industry-wide collaboration and support. The Producers Guild of India, the Active Telugu Film Producers Guild, Amazon Prime Video, ZEE5, Voot, hoichoi, and SonyLIV are all supporting the project.
O Womaniya!, which will debut in 2021, is a unique programme aiming at sparking discussion and facilitating change in the way women are represented and viewed in the Indian entertainment industry. The goal of the programme is to shift the needle from intention to action, as well as to assess industrial practises in order to reduce and eliminate prejudices.
THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S PANEL MEETS WITH THE KERALA POLICE CHIEF TO REVIEW PENDING COMPLAINTS
On a three-day visit to Kerala, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairman Rekha Sharma met with State Police Chief Anil Kant and discussed issues concerning women's safety, including the status of pending complaints with the commission.
Ms. Sharma raised concern about the pending allegations for which the commission had yet to obtain a police report when she finished her visit on Thursday. She also brought up the issue of sending action-taken reports late. The chairwoman examined the practice of police providing reports to the government first, which was not observed in any other state, and then sending them on ahead.
Domestic violence cases are on the rise as a result of "widespread drunkenness" in the state, as are POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act) instances and sexual assaults. She brought up the subject of prejudice in tribal communities, where Dalit women are not permitted to be cremated or buried, as well as malnutrition.
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI CLAIMS THAT AN INITIATIVE TO BUILD 3 MILLION HOMES WILL EMPOWER WOMEN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the completion of 3 crore 'pucca' houses for the underprivileged under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana on Friday, calling the homes a "symbol of women empowerment."
"We have made an important step in our resolve to provide pucca house to every poor of the country. The construction of more than three crore houses has been possible only with the participation of the people. These houses with basic facilities have also become a symbol of women's empowerment today," PM Modi tweeted in Hindi.
The construction of 2.52 crore dwellings under the PM Awas Yojana (rural) has been completed. A total of Rs 1.95 lakh crore has been approved for this purpose.
