G20: 2nd W20 Meet Begins in Jaipur; Over 120 Women Leaders Participate in Meet to Fight Gender Inequality

Jaipur: A two-day Second Women 20 International Meeting has started today in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Women 20 is an official G20 engagement group, and the meeting is focusing on the theme of “Women-Led Development: Leveraging Women’s Untapped Potential to Accelerate an Inclusive and Sustainable Future.

Addressing the inaugural session, Sherpa of India in G 20 Amitabh Kant said that women-led development is the key priority of India because we see women as drivers of prosperity and inclusive development. He said that women must set the agenda of development and they should be agents of growth.

Talking to the media, Mr. Amitabh Kant said that India has set new dimensions in digital inclusion. Women’s bank accounts were opened, those accounts were linked with Aadhaar, and money for various schemes is being directly transferred to their accounts.

A large number of women are also getting loans under Mudra Yojana. This has empowered women. He said that these experiences are being shared in the meeting so that other countries also get the benefit of this experience.

About 120 women leaders from 18 G20 countries are participating in the meeting.