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Need to address gender inequality in workforce:
Dr. Sayeeda Hameed
Friday March 15, 2013 05:07:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Planning
Commission member Sayeeda Hameed Friday said that lack of skills
among women has created a huge gender inequality in India's
workforce and that gender sensitivity needs to be embedded in the
country's work culture.
"I feel women in our country face huge impediments due to lack of
skills. We have to focus on that. The issue of gender inequality
has to be put up front and every single effort should be taken to
address it," Hameed said.
She was speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-sponsored
'India-Australia skills meet' in the national capital.
Stressing that the country's record in terms of gender inequality
is one of the worst in the world, Hameed said: "Gender sensitivity
has to be embedded in all work we do. We need to bring more women
to work, give them the (required) skills and make them part of the
workforce, as it is the only way we can expect development in the
real sense."
She said the government has initiated many programmes and schemes
to empower young people, particularly from rural areas and weaker
sections of society, through skill development and gainful
employment.
She added that the National Skill Development scheme, announced in
February 2009, was a "sincere" attempt to address the challenge.
"The skill development mission has brought about a paradigm shift
in handling such programmes."
"The focus (of the Indian government) is to impart vocational
skills along with revised educational curriculum to our young
people, and learn from the Australian experience to reap
demographic dividends," Hameed said.
She said the goal is to create 50 million non-farming employment
opportunities and to provide skill certification to equal number
of people.
Howard Ronaldson, secretary, department of business and innovation
of the Australian state of Victoria, said the system in place in
his state to impart vocational training and skill development was
struggling as it was much more costlier than the Indian system.
Ronaldson said that Australia looks at India as a potential
partner in the skill development sector.
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