Women’s progress in economic participation and opportunity has declined, forcing gender parity to a low 57.8%, a fact further exacerbated by a devastating pandemic.
Winning stories of women headlined The MAKERS Conference, India 2021
On the first day of the inaugural The MAKERS Conference, India 2021, inspiring women leaders from all walks of life congregated to discuss and deliberate on ways to accelerate gender equality in India.
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On the first day of the inaugural
The MAKERS Conference, India 2021, inspiring women leaders from all walks of life congregated to discuss and deliberate on ways to accelerate gender equality in India.
The day was kickstarted by
Verizon Media CEO Guru Gowrappan’s speech on driving action and change through dialogue. This was followed by
Verizon Media CTO Rathi Murthy’s inspiring keynote address.
Shortlisted from a
pool of 1,326 applications, these four organisations are early-stage, women-led non-profit startups that are boosting women entrepreneurship using digital skills and tools.
Tech4Good works to provide
open-source technology solutions to non-profits and has so far reached out to over 500 such enterprises across India, helping them serve more than one million of their beneficiaries better.
Shakti An Empathy Project (STEP) runs an incubator programme for women-led social enterprises by focussing on those based in Tier II and Tier III locations across India.
Renu Shah, founder of Shakti, an Empathy Project (STEP), shares the impact her project has created. STEP is one of the non-profits that has received grants from The Nudge Centre for Social Innovation under Facebook Pragati project.
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