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Nation India's G-20 Presidency

restructuring of multilateral institutions, women-
led development and international peace and
solidarity. At the same time, India is also bringing
the issues and concerns of the Global South to the
world.
Four priority areas have been identified in the
G-20 Education Working Group and Ministerial
Meeting. G-20 countries have adopted a report on
best practices in education policy and programmes.
India has put forth initiatives like National Education
Policy 2020, PM e-Vidya, SWAYAM, DIKSHA, NIPUN
Bharat and SAMARTH among G-20 countries
and also prepared a report on the status of G-20
countries on priority areas which is available free
of cost on www.g20.org.

Women's Prosperity, World's Prosperity
The G20 Ministerial Conference on Women's
Empowerment was held from August 2–4, which When women prosper, the world prospers.
was attended by Ministers of Women and Gender Their economic empowerment promotes
Equality. At the start of the conference, Minister for
Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs development. Their access to education
Smriti Zubin Irani briefed the delegates on India's drives global progress, their leadership
main areas of focus. Addressing the conference, promotes inclusivity, and their voices
Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated the inspire positive change.
Indian vision for women-led development, saying
that women's empowerment is the bedrock of our
society's development and that their leadership, - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
particularly at the grassroots, is critical to our
inclusive and sustainable progress. A women-led nations to create a level playing field where women
development approach is the most effective way to achievers become benchmarks. We must work
empower women. India is making progress in this to remove barriers that prevent women's access
direction. to markets, global value-chains and affordable
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said coming from finance. At the same time we need to ensure that the
a humble tribal background, President Droupadi burden of care and domestic work is appropriately
Murmu, who has become an inspiring example, is addressed.
leading the world's largest democracy, while women Ahead of the ministerial meeting, the G-20
make up 46 percent of elected representatives in Empower initiative submitted its recommendations
India's rural local bodies. Women have received on education, leadership, entrepreneurship and
approximately 70% of loans under the Pradhan digital skills to the ministerial conference. The
Mantri Mudra Yojana, while women account for 80% outcomes of the G20 Empower initiative include
of Standup India beneficiaries. While the number of a digital inclusion platform and a best practice
women in technical education has doubled, about playbook with 149 initiatives from G20 countries.
43 per cent of science, technology, and engineering 73 inspiring stories have also been put up on its
and mathematics graduates are women. While website. Women20 recommends taking forward
a quarter of space scientists are women, women previous commitments under the 2022 Bali Leaders'
in the armed forces are being deployed on the Declaration to improve access to decent work and
frontlines of operations and fighter aircraft. employment opportunities for women.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the G-20 On future policies, the G-20 Ministerial

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