Despite the fact that Manipuri women had a significant role in socio-economy of the state, their representation in decision making is very low which is a serious concern to accelerate women’s equality, said professor Elangbam Bijoykumar Singh, department of Economics, Manipur University.
Prof Bijoykumar was speaking at a panel discussion cum interaction session held at ADR Building, Lamphel Court Complex, Lamphelpat on Tuesday. The programme was organised by Manipur State Legal Services Authority as an observance of International Women’s Day under the theme “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”.
Giving a presentation on the topic “Women and Economy of Manipur-Role, Status and Issues”, Bijoykumar said that Manipur women are contributing in various sectors.
Member secretary, MASLSA, Ojesh Mutum, highlighted that the main objective of the programme was to raise awareness on women’s equality and accelerate gender parity in tandem with this year’s International Women’s Day 2022 theme “Gender equality for a sustainable tomorrow”.
With the subjective of creating women’s equality, MASLSA have started multi-faceted facilities for accessing the various issues of women and continuous effort has been extending in creating awareness about women’s welfare schemes. Measure are being taken up to prevent domestic violence, female foeticide, dowry cases and so on.
Many other resource persons also gave their representation on various topics in connection with women related theme.
