Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 08:24 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 18, Colombo: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Preschools & Primary Educations, School Infrastructure & Education Services, and the Men Engage Alliance Thursday launched a media campaign titled “Equal Partners” to engage men and boys to advance gender equality in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka ranks 90 out of 189 in the Gender Inequality Index (2019). Over the years, significant strides have been made to create equal opportunities for women, particularly in terms of free and equal access to education and healthcare.
However, in the face of structural barriers and harmful societal norms that perpetuate gender stereotypes - while gender inequalities can affect anyone - evidence points to women facing the most discrimination particularly in their own homes and social spheres.
Union minister of Textiles Smriti Irani. (file photo)
UDUPI: Textiles ministry is bringing to form a structure under which the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for technical textiles and manmade fibre (MMF) segment will be rolled out, union minister Smriti Irani said at an ASSOCHAM Foundation week Programme on Friday.
“We are currently on the anvil of also bringing to the fore the new Indian textile policy, the last time India had a textile policy was two decades ago,” said Irani, minister for textiles and women and child development while virtually addressing first session on Day 5 of ASSOCHAM Foundation week 2020: “India’s resilience: Aatmanirbhar roadmap towards a US$5 trillion economy,”
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