The Week That Was: Indian Women Empowerment News Overview (27 February - 4 March)

By: WE Staff | Saturday, 4 March 2023

Women’s empowerment has become a necessity in today's modern era. There is nothing that women can't do. They are in every field possible and provide their best output for the development of society. People have now understood the real importance and significance of women for societal advancement, economic development, governmental stability, political growth, and also in sporting culture. People from all over the globe are supporting the initiatives for the overall development of women in society as they are the pillars of society. Their unwavering commitment to the growth of society is phenomenal. In the recent week, women of India have laid many extraordinary services. The womenentrepreneurindia.com has covered such news and stories. Let's have a look at them.

W-20: India finalises goals to use 4-C techniques to build equitable and equal world

Smriti Zubin Irani, the Union Minister for Women's and Children's Development and Minority Affairs, opened a two-day Women 20 (W20) inception conference in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Dr. Bhagat Kishanrao Karad, Union Minister of State for Finance, also attended the inauguration event.

This gathering, which aims to establish a world of equality and equity in which every woman lives with dignity, is attended by over 150 women dignitaries from member nations, guest countries, and special invitees.

Kerala & UN Women come together to promote women-friendly tourism activities

The government of Kerala and the United Nations Women together agreed to increase the tourism activities related to women in the state’s tourism industry.

Both, Kerala Tourism and the UN Women signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which is support gender-inclusive tourist destinations in the state.

The government release stated that P B Nooh, the director of tourism in Kerala, and Susan Ferguson, a representative of the UN Women India together signed the MoU. This initiative will be carried out by the Responsible Tourism Mission. The agreement cited supporting women-friendly travel in Kerala, the first-ever Global Responsible Tourism Summit in Kumarakom, Kerala.

WPL Gujarat Giants will be led by World T20I winner Beth Mooney

Beth Mooney who made the Australian team as the winner of the Women's T20 World Cup in 2018, 2020, and 2023 is all set to captain the Gujarat Giants team in the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). Beth is a legendary player on the Australian team past few years. She is the first batter to score the 50s in two World Cup finals.

The franchise of WPL, Gujarat Giants has released a social media post that hints, the player with the Highest T20I score of 117 not out, the winner of the Belinda Clarke Medal, and also the player of the series in the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup.

Smriti Irani Inaugrates the G-20 Summit's Two-Day W-20 Inception Meeting

Smriti Irani, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, opened the two-day W-20 inaugural meeting of the G-20 Global Summit on Monday at the Hotel Rama International in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra.

The G20 Chair, Amitabh Kant, the W20 President, Dr. Sandhya Purecha, the Chief Coordinator, Dharitri Patnaik, the Union Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Bhagwat Karad, the State Cabinet Minister, Atul Save, the Union Minister of State for Railways, Raosaheb Danve Patil, the State Cabinet and District Guardian Minister, Sandipan Bhumre, as well as former G20 Presidents were all present at

WPL Franchise UP Warriorz Signs Advertising Contract with Traveltech Firm EaseMytrip

EaseMytrip, a travel tech company signed the contract of advertisement of the Women's Premier League franchise UP Warriorz with Capri Global Holdings Private Limited.

The agreement has been signed for 5 year's which begins with the first season of the event this year. This event has been organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the inaugural event of WPL will start on 4 March 2023.

Viacom18 which is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries bought the media rights for the Women's Premier League for Rs. 951 crores for the next five years. During these five years, the broadcaster will pay a per-match fee of Rs. 7.09 crore. The organizations which were a part of the auction of the WPL franchises which was held last month paid a record amount of Rs. 4,669.99 crores.

Women Naval Officers Share their experiences with the Indian Navy during the Women-20 G20 meeting

Lieutenant Commander Swati Bhandari discussed how she overcame her fear of heights and developed into an expert aircrew member who has flown both operational and searches and rescue missions.

On Women's Day 2022, she received recognition for her accomplishments from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Surgeon Commander Shazia Khan, a great expert in gynecological surgery, discussed her experiences as a medical professional as well as the joys of yachting, sailing, and her most recent vehicle rally to Rajasthan, all of which have contributed to the development of her self-assured attitude.

Tata WPL 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur named MI Captain; assures to carry Rohit Sharma's legacy

Tata Women's Premier League 2023 will start on March 4 which has five franchises that will compete against each other. The franchise of Mumbai Indians (MI) purchased the recent captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team, Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur who will lead the respective team.

Under the captaincy of current men's team Captain Rohit Sharma, MI is the most successful team in the men's IPL. He led the team in a great way and grabbed numerous awards. Rohit's team has become the winner of IPL five times in the years, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.

Mashal Sports announces their consideration to Launch League for Women's Kabaddi

The Pro Kabaddi League's organisers, Mashal Sports, said that they are considering the creation of a women's annual professional competition along the same lines as the men's PKL, which is now in its tenth season. The Women's Kabaddi League is expected to be the league's name.

Although the organisers did not specify the number of teams they intended to field in the inaugural campaign, they have previously attempted to host a Women's Kabaddi Challenge test event with three teams in 2016. The names of the three teams were StormQueens, IceDivas, and Firebirds.

Tata WPL 2023: Opening, Schedule, Time; Everything you must Know!

The biggest tournament of 2023 is all set to start tomorrow 4 March and the world will witness its finals on March 26. It will be the first ever Premier League to be played by our best women cricket players. Even before the inauguration of the tournament, Tata WPL has generated more than hundreds of millions of dollars.

This event is truly going to be a game-changing moment in the history of women in sports.

Mandeep Kaur Becomes World No. 1 in Women's Singles SL3

Mandeep Kaur,a para-shuttler from India has become the new world no.1 ranked para-badminton player in the WS SL3 category.

Kaur took part in the just finished Spanish Level II Para-Badminton International competition, which was held in Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain, from February 20–26, 2023, and is one of the qualifying events for the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Together with her mixed partner Chirag Baretha, she earned a silver medal in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 category and a bronze medal in the women's singles SL3 division.