Seminar on ‘Issues of Working Women’ Held in Ministry of Labour and Employment
Seminar Organised to Mark International Women’s Day, on 8th March 2015
A Seminar on the theme of ‘Issues of
Working Women’ was organised to observe the International Women’s Day, on 8th
March 2015 at Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi. The Seminar was jointly
organised by Ministry of Labour and Employment and its autonomous body, the
V.V.Giri National Labour Institute and was attended by officers of the Ministry
of Labour & Employment, ILO, VVGNLI, IHD, PRIA and Delhi University. Shri
Shankar Agarwal, Secretary, Labour & Employment, presided over the
deliberations. Shri P.P. Mitra, Principal Labour and Employment Advisor and
Director General, VVGNLI, welcomed the participants and also stressed on the
need to address better participation of women in the labour force, in his welcome
address.
Seminar on ‘Issues of Working Women’ Held in Ministry of Labour and Employment
Seminar Organised to Mark International Women’s Day, on 8th March 2015
In his address, Mr. Shankar Agarwal,
Secretary, Labour & Employment, mentioned that India is the largest vibrant
democracy in the world and despite the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual,
multi-culture the people of India could take the democracy forward. Though
India was struggling with food shortage for many years, today India is the
largest producer of milk and food grain and we have reached the position of
exporting food grains and the credit goes to the farmers for the contribution
they have made towards this. During the 60s no other country in the world
wanted to learn from India but now the situation is different, every other
country wants to learn from India on the progress that the country has made.
All this growth becomes meaningless if the poor; those living the in the
villages; those who are disadvantaged, SC, ST, Minorities and Women of the
country are not taken care of.
While glorifying women in
mythologies and religious books,
it is important to make the society free from
atrocities against women. The realization about respect for women is coming but
at a slower pace. To accelerate the progress of women, there is a need to focus
primarily on education, health care, skill development and security. Education
means empowerment and it is important to give women and girls the best of
education, health care, skill development and security. Even in the educated
family, the choice for education of girl child and boy child are different even
today. There is a need to change the mindset of people. Girls should be
imparted best of skills in the areas of modern employment. He said that it is
a responsibility of the State to ensure that every girl and woman in the
country is safe. The advancement in technology be used for this purpose.
Ms. Sherin Khan, Senior Specialist,
ILO, SRO, conveyed the message of the Director General, ILO.
it is important to make the society free from
atrocities against women. The realization about respect for women is coming but
at a slower pace. To accelerate the progress of women, there is a need to focus
primarily on education, health care, skill development and security. Education
means empowerment and it is important to give women and girls the best of
education, health care, skill development and security. Even in the educated
family, the choice for education of girl child and boy child are different even
today. There is a need to change the mindset of people. Girls should be
imparted best of skills in the areas of modern employment. He said that it is
a responsibility of the State to ensure that every girl and woman in the
country is safe. The advancement in technology be used for this purpose.
Ms. Sherin Khan, Senior Specialist,
ILO, SRO, conveyed the message of the Director General, ILO.
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