The first of its kind politically
neutral platform for women across regions, religions, caste, culture, class,
rural-urban backgrounds, MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG) successfully
concluded the National Women’s Parliament (NWP) under the visionary leadership
of Government of Andhra Pradesh in Amravathi. A three day conclave held from
10th to 12th February, the NWP received an overwhelming response with participation
from over 12000 number of women from different walks of life.
Though the largest democracy, women in
India find themselves under-represented and far-removed from decision making
levels. The first edition of the National Women’s Parliament was aimed at
guiding and nurturing young girl students to realize their potential and enable
and encourage the social, political and economic empowerment of women in all
strata of the society. Attended by more than 100 women Members of Legislative
Assemblies and more than 20 women Members of Parliament of India, the event
intended to establish direct connect with policy makers, leaders and other
women of eminence about grass root challenges faced by young women in India.
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| Nara Chandrababu Naidu, CM, Andhra Pradesh felicitating Rahul Karad Founder & Dean, MIT-SOG and convenor National Women’s Parliament |
Several other prominent personalities
from different walks of life attended the event discussing about new ideas,
concepts, theories and ideologies pertaining to women empowerment. Some of them
present were Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu, CM, Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Venkaiah
Naidu, Minister of Urban Development & I&B, Government of India,
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister of civil aviation, Government of
India, Dr. Kodela Rao, Speaker, Andhra
Pradesh Assembly, Nobel Laureate H.H.
Dalai Lama, Ms. Ela Bhatt, Ms. Ranjana Kumari, Kiran Bedi, PV Sindhu, Olympic
silver medalist, Juhi Chawla, Well known actress, Katherine Hay, Nobel laureate
Muhammad Yunus, Manisha Koirala, Ms. Joyce Laboso, Deputy speaker, Kenaya,
Meenakshi Lekhi, MP, BJP, Smriti Irani, Minister of textiles, GOI, Ms. Sumitra
Mahajan, Speaker, Loksabha.
Speaking on the occasion, Rahul Karad,
Founder & Dean, MIT-SOG and convenor National Women’s Parliament said, “At MIT SOG, we are committed to
creating leaders for tomorrow. Through NWP we want to enable a structured and
vibrant network of women representatives and aspiring girl student leaders
across the nation. It was heartening to see so many women come to the forefront
and put across new ideas and concepts about women empowerment and nation
building. This is the first edition and we are honored to be associating with
the Andhra Pradesh Government for this exemplary conclave. This conference will
evolve very important policies for India and globe.”
Speaking on the occasion Nara
Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and chief patron National
Women’s Parliament, said, “I am very happy to host this first of its kind event
in Andhra Pradesh at holistic place Pavitra Sangam in this historic Amaravati
city. I would like to congratulate Rahul Karad, MIT-SOG, Dr. Kodela Rao,
Speaker Andhra Pradesh Assembly for successfully coordinating and managing the
1st National Women’s Parliament. I am confident that with all the blessings
this new beginning will become history not only in India but all over the
world. I am very happy that Rahul Karad has taken this initiative and
approached Andhra Pradesh government for this event. When I was in Pune last
year for Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad where MIT-SOG felicitated me with an ideal
chief minister award then only Rahul shared this idea of doing National Women’s
Parliament and since then we have worked together to make this happen. So many
excellent women from different walks of life assembled here and shared their
valuable guidance. This platform will give new direction to globe. Every women
should dare to dream and strive to achieve. Hard work and confidence will truly
empower the women and I am extremely happy and hopeful for better future
looking at tremendous response to 1st National Women Parliament. Till the time any other big state decides to
host Women’s parliament Andhra Pradesh will continue to host this event every
year.”
This women’s Parliament had also seen
the innovative Women Youth Connect round table, an activity to facilitate
experience sharing among young women from diverse backgrounds like politics,
social sector, education, sports, industry, media, cinema, arts & culture,
judiciary and young aspiring women students. This was also a plat-form for
interaction between these young women leaders from different fields and women
legislators, parliamentarians and NGO/CSR representatives of India. These
ex-changes and interactions will create fresh ideas to address the problems
faced by young women of the country.
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