Women’s empowerment has become a necessity in today's modern era. There is nothing that women can't do. They are in every field possible and provide their best output for the development of society. People have now understood the real importance and significance of women for societal advancement, economic development, governmental stability, political growth, and also in sporting culture. People from all over the globe are supporting the initiatives for the overall development of women in society as they are the pillars of society. Their unwavering commitment to the growth of society is phenomenal. In the recent week, women of India have laid many extraordinary services. The womenentrepreneurindia.com has covered such news and stories. Let's have a look at them.
Ashmita Chaliha tops the Asian Games trials for BAI
Ashmita Chaliha and Kidambi Srikanth topped the list for BAI Asian Games selection trials in women's and men's singles, respectively. During the six matches, both players had matches over the course of four-day trials. Both the players were undefeated during the matches.
Lakshya Sen clinched the second position with his only loss coming against Kidambi, and Mithun Manjunath, the national champion, came as third. Malvika Bansod came in third position and Anupama Upadhyaya placed second in the women's singles competition. For the remaining three seats, nine men's singles players and eight women's singles players have entered the trials.
Girls Showcase Higher pass rate than boys in Tamil Nadu HSE 2023 Results
In comparison to the previous year, Tamil Nadu school pupils saw a modest improvement in the class 12 pass rate, with 94.03% passing the exams this time around. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, the minister of education for schools, announced the findings.
8,03,385 pupils in all, comprising 4,21,013 females, 3,82,371 boys, and one transgender student, took the exams this year, with 7,55,451 of them passing. 8,06,277 pupils took the test the previous year. 755,998 (93.76%) of these did so successfully. 2,767 of the 7,533 upper secondary schools reported 100% pass rates this year.
India's Republic Day Parade 2024 to include All Women Participants, Defence Ministry
All the activities along the Kartavya Path for the 2024 Republic Day Parade will include all women with the exception of men, as a part of the Indian government's considerable efforts to empower women. Since this is the first time that such an initiative has been taken in India.
The parade will include only female participants in the March Past, tableaux, and performances, according to a notice from the Ministry of Defence. They reported that this decision has been taken after several considerations. It has been taken in order to promote gender equality in the country and promote women's active participation everywhere.
To Promote Gender Equality, P&G & its brands join Young Leaders and Global Citizen
The Global Citizen Summit was held in April 2023, it is the second year of this Summit. Global Citizen once again gathered activists, artists, and world leaders together with businesses like Procter & Gamble to act NOW for many of the most important issues going on.
This is also an important opportunity for P&G to engage with, work with, and highlight its long-valued partners such as WeConnect International, Girl Up, and WASH United as well as young leaders who are handling some of the important hindrances to gender equality.
Sports Authority of India felicitates Victorious Girls from Moscow Wushu Stars Championship
The Sports Authority of India felicitated the medal winners from the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship. The Deputy Director Generals Smt Ekta Vishnoi and Sh Shiv Sharma felicitated the girls who collectively bagged a total of 17 medals at the competition held in Russia.
The girls who were felicitated were participants at the Khelo India Women’s Leagues held in India for over a year. They won 10 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze medals in the junior girls, sub-junior girls, and senior girls categories across Sanda (Fight) and Taolu in Moscow.
18-person Team for Women's Junior Asia Cup 2023 Announced by Hockey India
The 18-person Indian Junior Women's Team was announced by Hockey India on May 10 in preparation for the renowned Women's Junior Asia Cup 2023, which will start on June 2 in Kakamigahara, Japan.
During the group stage, the Indian Junior Women will compete against Korea, Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, and Uzbekistan in Pool A. The hosts, Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong China, and Indonesia make up Pool B concurrently.
SheWings & Radico Khaitan collaborate on health and hygiene awareness campaign in Sitapur
SheWings Foundation has collaborated with Radico Khaitan to organize a health and hygiene awareness camp for women in the Sitapur region of Uttar Pradesh. The organizers of the campaign distributed sanitary napkins to the crowd after an interactive workshop that focused on educating women about menstrual hygiene and addressing the stigma associated with menstruation.
The main aim of this campaign was to encourage women to communicate freely about their health concerns and menstrual cycle while also providing them knowledge about good hygiene and creating a safe environment for them. SheWings provided sanitary pads as a part of their campaign at the ground level in Sitapur.
Indian Women Farmers received Training to Grow Organic Vegetables with Biofertilizers
Women farmers of Varanasi have recently received biofertilizer usage training to cultivate organic crops. To produce biofertilizers at home and utilize them for organic vegetable production in Madaiya, Kapsethi, Block- Sevapuri on 10 May 2023.
With the assistance of Mrs. Suman Devi, Asha Aganbadi Trainer (CRD facilitate at Jan Viskash Samiti Varanasi), and Principal Investigator Dr. Jay Prakash Verma, Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, BHU, this program was organized under the scheme of STI-HUB of DST, New Delhi.
