United Nations: India has voiced its willingness to share with the world its experiences of using digital public infrastructure to bridge the gender digital divide, as top UN leaders lauded measures taken by the country towards scaling digital financial inclusion.
“India is moving ahead with women-led development, building a country where women lead the way as active architects by participating from conceptualisation to design, implementation and monitoring the measure that shapes India’s development trajectory toward a developed nation,” Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi said.
She was at the UN headquarters on Wednesday to attend an event organised on the sidelines of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Devi addressed the Ministerial-level roundtable organised by India’s Permanent Mission to the UN and UN Women on ‘Digital & Financial Inclusion for women’s empowerment’ and ‘Financing for Women empowerment – criticality of core resources’.
Underscoring the transformative power of digital public infrastructure to bridge the gender digital divide and build a resilient government system, Devi said “India is happy to share its experience with the world” and highlighted the critical need for resources to realise the vision of women-led development.
The Ministerial roundtable provided a platform to share experiences of Member States, especially from the Global South and hear their views on how UN Women can better leverage its mandate to provide effective and strategic support to Member States in delivering on their commitments on gender equality and women’s rights and empowerment.
