New Delhi: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has expressed a keen desire to partner with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to enhance the socio-economic position of women in the matrilineal state.
“Several schemes of the Meghalaya government particularly those pertaining to imparting financial literacy and social emancipation could be integrated and merged with those of FLO,” Sangma said while addressing the FLO’s 32nd annual session here as the chief guest.
“The success stories so generated could be replicated in states across the country,” he said.
“FLO provides an apt platform for integrating and scaling up the policies of the government. The convergence of efforts of the government and FLO could help in promoting women empowerment. He added that women should not be just beneficiaries in these initiatives but must be made partners, he said.
Sangma said that education could play a big role in improving the stature of women in society. Educated women had the power of scripting their own success stories while enabling their families and children to step up in the society, he said.
FLO provides a platform for policy makers to further expand the possibilities of networking and integrate various policies that bring transformative changes especially in the lives of women, the Chief Minister said. Stating that empowerment of women must start from home as children usually draw inspiration from the mother, he stressed on the need to sensitize women to participate effectively in the programmes of the government.
The Chief Minister also added that promoting woman entrepreneurship is crucial in the fight against poverty and felt for the need to have access to financial resources, a legal framework of non-discriminatory regime and a woman friendly economic system for women entrepreneurs.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship & Parliamentary Affairs, during his speech assured that the government would facilitate the initiatives taken up by FLO. The government was promoting the agenda of skilling and had created an enabling ecosystem for it and needed organizations like FLO to scale up skilling.
Later, Ms. Debjani Ghosh, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group & Managing Director, South Asia, Intel; Ms. Rebecca R Tavares, Representative in India -UN Women and Mr. Akshay BD, Founding Member, Uber India, also shared their perspectives on women empowerment. FLO is the women wing of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), the apex business chamber of India with the prime objective of women empowerment through the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional excellence.
