Gender Data Gaps in 21st Century New India: Issues and the Way Forward towards Gender Equality

The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps with Poonam Kathuria on Gender Data Gaps: Issues and the Way Forward towards Gender Equality

Greetings from the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of the Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC) at IMPRI, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation and Delhi Post News, we invite you to a IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk –

The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps 

Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: December 3, 2020; Thursday
Time: 18:15 IST (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook live

Speaker:

Poonam Kathuria, Director, Society for Women’s Action and Training Initiative-SWATI

Moderator:

Prof Govind Kelkar, Executive Director, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, Gurugram

Registration Link and Facebook Event for Gender Data Gaps: Issues and the Way Forward towards Gender Equality

About the Talk- Gender Data Gaps in 21st Century New India:Issues and the Way Forward towards Gender Equality

India has implemented several laws, policies and programmes to promote gender equity in various spheres of life. While several indicators pertaining to women’s agency, literacy, health and economic status have undoubtedly improved over the years, several challenges persist. Deeply entrenched patriarchal mindsets, inequitable development as well as the sheer diversity of beliefs, customs and practices has made it difficult for India to truly achieve gender parity in all walks of life at the pace that would be desirable. Slow progress on gender equality, of course, greatly hampers the progress of society as a whole. This talk will explore some of the governance mechanisms that can be adopted by India to strengthen the implementation of existing gender-related legislation and policies as well as highlight additional measures which if introduced could help us accelerate our progress towards becoming a truly gender equal country.