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Lack of sufficient funds biggest roadblock for women entrepreneurs
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free”! Ms. Priyankas Singh, Generation Next Entrepreneur The survey also revealed that these women wanted to start their own venture to either gain financial independence (64 per cent), or an identity of their own (54 per cent). While most home-makers…
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Taking Action for Women and Girls
Among the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, No. 5 is near to my heart: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.” Since empowered women and girls are a powerful force for change in their families and communities, S.D.G. 5, as it’s known, would mean a better future for everyone else, too. To reach…
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Few challenges in implementation of the sexual harassment of women at workplace
It has been more than 2 years since the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (the “Act”) (to be read in consonance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 (“Rules”)) was notified and enforced in India. Further demonstrating its commitment to protecting…