‘Sense of security in women must’
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admitted on Monday that Delhi has an awful gender imbalance. She underlined the need to empower women by imparting skills to them. Ms Dikshit said that equitable society is the need of this era where everyone’s voice is heard.
She said that there is an urgent need to give women a sense of great security and the freedom from fear of violence whether at home or outside.
Focusing on the importance of women getting equal access to opportunities and better representation in governance across the globe, she said that women want equality.
“A woman wants equality, she wants to be able to access whatever her brother, or father has been able to access. But to give her a sense of equality and capability, they need to have an access to education and health,” Ms Dikshit said addressing an international conference at the Jamia Millia Islamia university.
Ms Dikshit said that to empower the women her government launched “Ladli Scheme” and established Gender Resource Centres, where various vocational skills are imparted to women to give them a sense of confidence and belief that they can stand on their own feet and that they do not need to depend on others.
“These were small initiatives and the government needs to take bigger ones. But the love, affection and understanding that a woman can give should not be lost in the process,” she added.
She also questioned how policies could be made when 45 per cent of the world’s population doesn’t have any say in matters of governance.
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