United Nations assistant secretary general Lakshmi Puri , who is also the deputy executive director, UN Women—an organization that espouses gender equality and women’s empowerment—says reservations for women in legislature, judiciary and the police force will help break gender-based stereotyping of division of work.
In an interview, Puri, who joined the UN in 2002 after 28 years with the Indian Foreign Service, also said India should not be singled out as an unsafe country for women; violence against women is a global problem with one in three women facing some form of violence in their lifetime.
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United Nations assistant secretary general Lakshmi Puri , who is also the deputy executive director, UN Women—an organization that espouses gender equality and women’s empowerment—says reservations for women in legislature, judiciary and the police force will help break gender-based stereotyping of division of work.
In an interview, Puri, who joined the UN in 2002 after 28 years with the Indian Foreign Service, also said India should not be singled out as an unsafe country for women; violence against women is a global problem with one in three women facing some form of violence in their lifetime.
We invite our users to read the full article published on July 18th 2014.