The Week That Was: Indian Women Empowerment News Overview (17 - 22 April)

By: WE Staff | Saturday, 22 April 2023

Indian women are succeeding in a variety of spheres of life, including politics, business, sports, and entertainment. With their abilities and skills, they are shaping society. Indian women are pursuing their education and doing well in subjects like STEM. They are the creators of outstanding businesses that are well-known on a national and international scale. They are accomplishing their objectives by breaking the stereotypes and hurdles. In sports, politics, space, and entertainment, they are proving themselves in every sector.

Such stories have been recognized by womenentrepreneurindia.com and presented some of these remarkable women's stories this week.

BCCI to organize WPL during Diwali, a gap between WPL and IPL

The Women's Premier League (WPL) needs to be kept in a different window, according to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The inaugural season of WPL 2023 ended providing Mumbai Indians with the first winners of the season but it was soon followed by the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The tournament started around in just five days of ending the WPL. After this rush, the BCCI has decided to keep a gap between both tournaments. The BCCI is considering organizing the WPL during the Diwali season, in addition to that it is believed that the home and away format would be introduced for the five teams in the WPL for the second edition.

Nandini Gupta from Rajasthan crowned Femina Miss India 2023

Nandini Gupta from Rajasthan, India has been crowned as the Femina Miss India 2023. She is merely 19 years old and secured the first position in the 59th edition of the beauty pageant.

Nandini was just 10 years old when she dreamt about becoming Miss India and her dream finally came true by becoming the Femina Miss India on 15 April.

Indoor Stadium, Khuman Lampak, Imphal, Manipur hosted the 59th edition of the most prestigious beauty pageant in India.

Saree Run: Pune Women on a 3 km challenge for a cause

In order to break the social boundaries and be more focused on health and fitness, more than 6,000 women have participated in a long run carrying different sarees.

The Khashaba Jadhav Krida Sankul in Pune University was filled with beautiful colors as women from all over the region gathered there on the morning of 16 April to take part in a 3 km Saree run.

As per the organizer, a huge number of women belonging to various organizations like Pinchi took part in this run.

Gigamon promoted Kristi Thiele to vice president of global sales engineering

Kristi Thiele has been named vice president of worldwide sales engineering by Gigamon, the leader in deep observability. Because to his more than 25 years of practical experience, Kristi will lead the Gigamon sales engineering team in assisting clients in reducing security blind spots and lowering tool costs. The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline delivers clients' cloud, security, and observability solutions defense-in-depth and complete performance management by giving network-derived intelligence.

Talibans restrictions on women make the UN likely to depart Afghanistan

The UN has said that it is prepared to leave Afghanistan in May if it is unable to convince the Taliban to permit Afghan women to work for the agency, according to the head of the UN Development Program. The UN is negotiating with the Taliban to circumvent a decree prohibiting local women from working for the organisation.

All women agency Ladyfinger launched by Rediffusion Brand Solutions

Ladyfinger is an all-female agency started by Rediffusion Brand Solutions in order to provide gender equality in advertising and creative excellence. This company is based in Mumbai and aims to break the barriers, defy norms and improve the state of the Indian advertising landscape. It has a vision of inclusivity, empowerment, and innovation with a desire to uplift the voice and opinions of women. The establishment of Ladyfinger was on the belief fact that a huge number of Indian advertisement is directed at women consumers, the perspective of women is either missing or predominantly characterized by casual gender stereotyping.

CISCO & Villgro Announce Winners of the TVARAN Acceleration Program for Women-Led Start-Ups in Climate Action

India’s pioneering incubator for social enterprises, Villgro and CISCO, through its India Cash Grant Program, have jointly selected seven women-led start-ups in the climate action segment for their 6-month targeted acceleration program- TVARAN. This unique initiative for women-led social enterprises in climate action aims to expand the market presence of women-led start-ups innovating in renewable energy, water and waste management, and climate-smart agriculture.

Indian President Draupadi Murmu presents awards to HPU students

The students of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla were presented medals and awards by the President of India Draupadi Murmu during the 26th Annual Convocation. On Wednesday 19 April, the convocation was held where 10 students including 7 girls presented gold medals.

DHEW team organises program to raise awareness on schemes for Women

An awareness programme was held today in the Panchayat Bhagtha by the District Hub for Empowerment of Women Reasi, under the Mission Shakti. It was organised with an aim of generating awareness about the schemes and programmes taken by the government for the upliftment and empowerment of women.