HYDERABAD: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said that empowering women would enable them lead a life of dignity,respect and make informed decisions, as he stressed on the need to build coalitions against gender discrimination.
With women constituting almost half of India’s population, their empowerment educationally, socially and politically is the fundamental requirement for the country to unleash the forces of growth and achieve rapid progress, he said.
“Unequal access to education, gainful employment and growth opportunities are widening the gender gap and atrocities on women and domestic abuse are unfortunately tarnishing our image as a nation,” according to an official release.
Stressing the need to build coalitions against gender discrimination, the Vice President said Government and civil society must be active collaborators to achieve tangible results.
The Vice President said there is enough evidence to show that women during the early Vedic period were seen as equal to men in all walks of life, adding “Our cultural moorings have gender equality as a core principle”. (AGENCIES)
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