Hyderabad sources reported that IWN promoted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create an enabling environment to encourage more women to enter into workforce, to stay in the jobs and to reach the leadership positions in the organizations. Meanwhile when addressing the Leadership Conclave, Dr. Pranathi Reddy, Clinical Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine (Birthright), Rainbow Group of Hospitals Said that Women need to develop themselves as role models, coach other women to move up in the career and maintain work-life balance.
Accordingly HE Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer, The Ambassador of Austria to India while addressing the conference, compared the diversity and inclusion policies of European Union while suggesting the role legislative policies in promoting gender parity. Meanwhile Mr. Sanjay Singh, Chairman, CII Telangana & Divisional Chief Executive, ITC PSPD spoke about how women’s participation in the work would bring higher growth to the economy.
Moreover Dr K Kondal Reddy, Vice chancellor, University of Bolton, said that we need to build a enabling environment so that women’s confidence could go up. Furthermore he insisted to reaching out to the rural women as real change happens at homes and women build the family network and also briefed about an initiative by the UK Government to publish gaps in the gender pay-scales in expected to bring positive change soon.
