Adoption of Equal Futures Resolution - The Sonipat Declaration 2025 - for gender justice
Mar 11, 2025
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], March 11: "Inclusivity is at the heart of the functioning of the Indian Government today. Over the past 11 years, the scale and the speed at which we have worked towards ensuring the basic amenities is unmatched by any other nation be it access to easier credit or good maternal healthcare for women. This has brought a qualitative change in the life of people and women in India have been the biggest beneficiaries of this change. Change is essential for less privileged women of India and we have seen a rapid growth in the labour force as rural women do not have access to financial opportunities. At the same time, there has been a major surge of women participation in the start-up sector and entrepreneurship too. More than 73000 recognised start-ups today are led by women! As we empower women who live at the lower rungs of the society, we need to ensure their right share for women at the highest level of decision-making," said Anupriya Patel, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilisers at the valedictory address of the three-day Convention on the theme "Towards an Inclusive Future and a Gender Just World" organised by O.P. Jindal Global University.
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