PM to inaugurate EA Gender Equality meet
New
Delhi,
Dec
6:
Prime
Minister
Dr.
Manmohan
Singh
will
inaugurate
the
Second
East
Asia
Gender
Equality
Ministerial
meeting
here
today.
Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of Women and Child Development will preside over the two-day meet. The delegates from sixteen countries and various international organisations will deliberate upon regional co-operation for empowerment of women. Issues including women's participation in decision making, violence against women and home based workers will be discussed during the meeting.
The meeting will also adopt a Delhi Declaration.
ANI
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Story first published: Thursday, December 6, 2007, 10:22 [IST]