The Week That Was: Indian Women Empowerment News Overview (28 November-3 December)
By: WE Staff | Saturday, 3 December 2022
The best means of advancing both women and the economy is through the empowerment of women. We now recognise its significance for the advancement of society, political stability, and economic growth. Authorities, academics, and world leaders have all endorsed this audacious plan. The empowerment of women is currently one of India's most important movements, and various Indian women have established themselves as its pillars. Due to their unwavering dedication to their jobs and their humanitarian endeavours, they undoubtedly serve as a wonderful inspiration to everyone. There are many ways that girls and women can be empowered, and the community as a whole needs to come together to make this happen.
The website WomenEntrepreneurIndia lists a few recent events that have given women increased power in various ways. Look at it.
Track and Field Icon PT Usha set to Become First Female President of IOA
Legendary athlete P T Usha is set to become the first female president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the sports body's 95-year-long history.
Usha will also be the first Olympian and an international medallist to head the national Olympic committee, which goes to polls on December 10.
The 58-year-old multiple Asian Games gold medallist emerged as the lone candidate to file the nomination for IOA president's post. Returning officer Umesh Sinha didn't receive any nominations on first two days of filing the papers on Friday and Saturday, but 24 candidates applied for various office-bearers' posts on Sunday.
Alumni contributes to create Shobitam Centre for Women Entrepreneurship at BITS Pilani, with a pledge of Rs 1 Crore
BITS Pilani, famous for its entrepreneurial culture, declared that it will be setting up a centre for women entrepreneurship to strengthen startup ventures from women students across the BITS campuses. The centre is being set up through a generous donation by its alumnus Raghu Sethuraman and his spouse, Aparna Thyagarajan, Co-founder of Shobitam.
The centre will be named as ‘Shobitam Centre for Women Entrepreneurship’ (SCWE), after the global fashion brand Shobitam run by Aparna from Seattle, US. Shobitam is dedicated to making Indian ethnic wear affordable, elegant and available globally. The funds will also be utilized to award the Lalitha and Hema scholarships each year for talented women leaders from the centre.
TSSC joins forces with SBI Card to develop a Telecom CoE for Women in Gurugram
The Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) announced a partnership with SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd. for placement-linked skill development courses as part of a programme to improve the lifestyle of female students. A CSR programme for the empowerment of women was established by TSSC as part of this relationship at the Government College for Girls in Sector-14, Gurugram.
On November 21, Manohar Lal Khattar, the CM, opened the facility. To improve industry-relevant vocational and soft skills, the Telecom CoE arrangement includes theory classrooms, hands-on labs, hybrid labs, and a dedicated language centre. The centre will offer short-term courses in telecom service occupational roles that are compatible with the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
Europe imposes a 40 percent Reservation for Women
After countless years, we now live in a time when the writhing voices of the underrepresented are receiving the attention they well deserve. However, the path to equality is incredibly rocky, and this struggle is likely to continue for the rest of this century at the very least.
But in the interim, one of the biggest economies in the world has achieved success! The "Women in Boards" Directive has been approved by the European Union (EU) parliament after ten years of deliberation. The mandate will work to increase the representation of women in their largest publicly traded enterprises, which might serve as a much-needed catalyst for other regions of the world.
Deepa Madhavan is named as the India Country Head by Genesys
Deepa Madhavan has been appointed as the India Country Head, according to Genesys. Deepa will continue to build Genesys cloud technologies and engage teams across all functions in Genesys India in her capacity as the country head. From PayPal, where she helped develop, build, and mature its platform solutions, Deepa joins Genesys.
Deepa, who has 25 years of experience managing international engineering and product teams, will oversee, support, and expand the Genesys R&D centre in Chennai, which is the second-largest facility of its sort in the world. Employees that work in product management, professional services, customer care, engineering, finance and sales, and other support roles create ground-breaking technology products for Genesys internationally at the Chennai centre.
With 35 percent Female Employees, TCS becomes the Top Employer for Women in India
The second iteration of the top 10 women employers in the nation was published by Hurun India and Burgundy Private, an Axis Bank company. The top employers of women in the nation are on the 2022 Burgundy Private Hurun India list. Tata Consultancy Services, which employs nearly 2.1 lakh people or 35% of the workforce overall, tops the list.
Following Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which employs 40%, 36%, 28%, and 18% of women employees, respectively, are Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Reliance Industries.
Sherry Rehman is listed by Financial Times as one of the 25 most Influential Women of 2022
The UK daily Financial Times has listed Senator Sherry Rehman, the minister for climate change, as one of the "25 Most Influential Women of 2022."
The "influential women" were selected for the unranked list under three headings: leaders, heroes, and creators.
The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, wrote the following about Rehman for the FT's issue on the 25 most powerful women, referring to her as a "negotiator with grit."
Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor to attend the Red Sea International Film Festival to Promote Gender Equality
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan, a popular Bollywood couple, to attend the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah.
In order to be a vital part of this year's star-studded lineup, Kajol, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, AR Rahman, Ranbir Kapoor, and Hrithik Roshan have joined up with Dubai-based entertainment entrepreneur Gina Golani Shetty of Stellar Entertainment Co., who has been key in hosting the Indian cinema community at the festival since its inception.
A Safe Menstruation Cup for Women named "AmTrue" Wins the International Glory Awards 2022
The "AmTrue" Q-Cups were developed by Ashish Dattuji Wanjari, who also founded Matruchhaya Wellness Pvt. Ltd., and were recognised with the International Glory Awards-2022 for being the most innovative and revolutionary product of the year 2021 for women's menstrual cycles. He and his wife, Ichchha Ashish Wanjari, who is also a co-founder of the company, accepted the award from Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.