India Contributes $300,000 to UN Women for Gender Equality & Women Empowerment

By: WE Staff | Friday, 2 April 2021

India has contributed USD 300,000 to the United Nations agency for gender equality and women empowerment, a contribution lauded by the UN entity.

India made a contribution to UN Women, the world organization's entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.

UN Women, headquartered in New York, is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. It works worldwide out of a number of regional, country, multi-country, and liaison offices.

"#India contributes USD 300,000 to @UN_Women for 2021,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted.

He said India reaffirms its support for gender equality and women empowerment, describing UN Women as a “valued partner in our progress from women’s development to #women-led development.”

It can be seen as a step towards attaining Sustainable Development Goal 5, which aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. It aims to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women in the public and private spheres and to undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources and access to ownership of property.

Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Anita Bhatia thanked India for the contribution and its support to UN Women and said in a tweet that “Women-led development envisions women as agents of change driving measurable impact in the lives of women & girls.”