Published in FP

By Darren Walker

For India to unlock its full potential, significant, long-term investments in women and girls are essential.  For generations, women across the world have grappled with cultural norms and policies that produced vast gender disparities across social and economic lines. In India, years of concerted effort by the public sector, private sector, philanthropy, and grassroots, citizen-led movements are sowing the seeds of gender equality.

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