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       Left to Right  Parnika Reddy  Undram Chinbat  Monica Fein  Ann Linde  Salman Khursheed  Pallam Raju at Bharat Summitt in Hyderabad on Friday



                  Bharat Summit lays



  emphasis on gender justice

DEEPIKA PASHAM                         out of reach  We must reform tax-      Human Resource Development 
deepikapasham2015 gmail com            ation systems  introduce universal     minister  pointed to successful pol- 
¦ HYDERABAD                            childcare  and counter backlash        icy frameworks such as MGNRE- 
                                       against feminism                       GA  the Right to Education Act  and 
The Bharat Summit in Hyderabad            She stressed that despite progress  Telangana s Mahalakshmi Scheme  
witnessed a powerful session on        in countries like Sweden  structur-    which offers free bus travel for 
Gender Justice and a Feminist          al biases and underrepresentation of   women 
Future  where international leaders    women in politics and leadership          When a woman in a family is 
policymakers  and advocates called     persist globally   The UN has never    educated  the whole family gets edu- 
for structural reforms from equal      had a woman Secretary-General  I       cated  he noted  highlighting the 
pay policies to shared family          hope that changes in the next elec-    broader impact of empowering 
responsibilities to advance gender     tion  she added                        women 
equality                                  Linde also acknowledged India s       Other key speakers included 
  The session  held under the          leadership  stating   India has had    Rabia Abdallah  Tanzania   Monica 
broader theme Delivering Global        more female leaders than Sweden        Fein  Argentina   Maria Alejandra 
Justice  brought together prominent    Gender equality leads to reduced       Panay  Panama   Undram Chinbat 
voices from across the world           violence and more effective conflict    Mongolia   Hamid Maysoon  and 
Speakers pointed out that real         resolution                             Wael Alatoom 
change begins at the grassroots level     Salman Khurshid  former Union         Together  they advocated for uni- 
and urged governments to adopt         minister  questioned the lack of       versal representation  equal access 
inclusive policies that recognise      female representation in industries    to resources  and reforms that 
the role of women not just as sup-     like infrastructure and called for tax enable women to participate equal- 
porters  but as leaders and decision-  incentives to increase women s         ly in governance and the economy 
makers                                 employment                               Monica Fein added a powerful 
  Highlighting the urgency of              The answer is not just the right   note on leadership   We don t just 
reform  former Swedish Foreign         laws but the right mindset and         want to support men we want to 
Minister Ann Linde said   If fami-     the right men who stand for this       lead  True democracy is inclusive  
lies cannot combine work and par-      cause he said                          gender-diverse  and supported by 
enting  gender equality will remain        MM Pallam Raju  former             systems that reflect that
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