XLRI Centre For Gender Equality And Inclusive Leadership

26/10/2023

We at CGEIL are happy to invite you to the PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUES - Lecture Series organized by XLRI Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusive Leadership (CGEIL) on 10th November at 4:00 pm.
Our 8th guest speaker in this Series is Dr. Poornima Dore. She is an author, Venture Partner at Elevar Equity, teacher, and a former member of the Tata administrative services cadre.
An economist with a PhD from IIT Bombay, an MBA from the XLRI School of Management and a BA in economics from Lady Shri Ram College, Poornima believes that directing finance to the right sectors, institutions and geographies can be a force for massive good. She has served on the boards of select institutions as well as ministerial committees with the Government of India and is recognised among the top 100 Analytics Leaders in South Asia.
The invitation for the same is attached.
Please find the below-given Zoom link.

Date: Nov 10, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM (India Time)
Topics: PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUE

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Link: https://xlri-ac-in.zoom.us/j/81758878675?pwd=3gMhDrxaVTgx7dPRIgCafW1qOX7vZa.1

Meeting ID: 817 5887 8675
Passcode: xlri2023

07/03/2023

31/01/2023

7th Pathmaker CGEIL Dialogue series (30-1-23)
By- NAMITA GAUTAM, The managing Trustee of ‘Sleepwell Foundation.'
Theme – FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN

Ms.Namita Gautam- Director of ‘Sheela Group’ & The managing Trustee of ‘Sleepwell Foundation,’ was the speaker for the 7th PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUES organized by XLRI- Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusive Leadership; she briefly shared her vast experience with the online audience. While talking on the theme of ‘Financial wellness, especially for women,’ Ms. Gautam emphasized being skilled, being a lifelong learner, being emotionally intelligent, and giving importance to self-growth while having a work-life balance between enjoying the earned money. With her work experience, Ms. Gautam has beautifully described the prerequisites for empowerment. For financial wellness and women empowerment, she has given two main points to start with: (a) Having the Choice & opportunity, and freedom to choose is the beginning o empowerment, (b) One should know- what skill set is needed, where to learn it and upskill the self as per the industry requirement. Ms. Gautam received many questions from the participants and humbly answered them with her proven professional and rich knowledge.

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31/12/2022

Only 18.6% of working-age women in India participate in the labour force, three times lower than men, says the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020. According to the World Bank, Indian women’s participation in the formal economy is among the lowest in the world—only parts of the Arab world fare worse. Even as the economy has grown, educational attainment has increased, and fertility rates have fallen, and women are not participating in the formal economy. In fact, their participation is declining.
Alka RazaShayan E Mouzzam

Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) - India from The World Bank: Data

19/12/2022

DOMESTIC WORKERS NEED TO WORK IN 6 HOUSEHOLDS TO EARN MINIMUM WAGE
A recent study by the Indian Institute of Human Settlement (IIHS) has revealed that domestic workers (mostly female) in Bengaluru and Chennai would have to work in 6 low-paying households to earn the State Minimum wage. A very important highlight of the study was that 62% of the household in Chennai and 32% in Bengaluru said that they would prefer to discontinue the services of a domestic worker if they got pregnant and offer a lumpsum payment.

Domestic work is classified as “informal” by the Periodic Labour Force Survey. There are 4.75 million domestic workers in India, as per official statistics. Only 10 of India's 31 states and Union territories have included domestic workers in the schedule of the Minimum Wages Act.
The minimum wage for domestic workers in Karnataka ranges from Rs 12,241 to Rs 14,711, meaning that a worker would have to work in six of the lowest-paying households in Bengaluru to make the minimum wage. In Tamil Nadu, the minimum wage for domestic workers ranges from Rs 8,005 to Rs 9,418, which means that a domestic worker would have to work in at least eight households to earn the minimum wage.

Alka RazaShayan E Mouzzam

17/12/2022

We at CGEIL are delighted to invite you to the PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUES – Lecture Series organized by XLRI Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusive leadership (CGEIL) on Tuesday, 20th December 2022, at 5:30 pm.
We are honored to have Her Excellency Ms. Diana Mickeviciene, Ambassador of Lithuania to India, as our 6th guest speaker in this series.
Before Arriving in India, Ambassador Mickeviciene served as Ambassador of Lithuania to the People’s Republic of China.
Ambassador Diana, an Indologist and a Champion of the cause of Women, would focus on “ Diversity and Inclusion- Need of the Hour.”

Attached is the invite for the same.

Topic: PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUES
Time: Dec 20, 2022, 05:30 PM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi

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Meeting ID: 862 5426 0967
Passcode: welcome@xl

12/12/2022

Today morning team had a review meeting on the ongoing project: "Situation Assessment of Living and Working Conditions of Women in Delhi NCR and Neighboring Areas (North India)." We have discussed the progress of district-wise surveys and field experiences from various districts of Delhi-NCR and shared our very recent experience of meeting women from the Bhiwani/Rewari districts in Haryana.

Alka Raza Shayan E Mouzzam

28/11/2022

The UN Secretary-General's Message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women:

Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation worldwide. Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member — and we know that other stresses, from the COVID-19 pandemic to economic turmoil, inevitably lead to even more physical and verbal abuse.

Women and girls also face rampant online violence, from misogynistic hate speech to sexual harassment, image abuse, and grooming by predators.
This discrimination, violence, and abuse targeting half of humanity come at a steep cost. It limits women’s and girls’ participation in all walks of life, denies their basic rights and freedoms, and blocks the equal economic recovery and sustainable growth our world needs.

Now is the time for transformative action that ends violence against women and girls. This means governments designing, funding, and implementing national action plans to tackle this scourge.
It means involving grassroots and civil society groups at every stage of decision-making. It means ensuring that laws are implemented and respected, so survivors see their rights to justice and support upheld. It means supporting public campaigns that challenge patriarchal norms and reject misogyny and violence.

And as this year’s theme — “UNITE: Activism to End Violence Against Women and Girls” — reminds us, it means standing with activists worldwide who are calling for change and supporting survivors of violence. I call on governments to increase funding by 50 percent to women’s rights organizations and movements by 2026. Let’s take a stand and raise our voices to support women’s rights.

Let’s proudly declare: We are all feminists.
Let’s consign violence against women and girls to the history books.
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Covid-19 Prevention NetworkUN WomenUN Secretary-General

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02/11/2022

Women are often seen and considered as recipients of humanitarian aid, but less is known and discussed about how women can critically influence aid providers.
“Gender and Humanitarian Diplomacy” was the theme of the October PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUE which was jointly organized by the XLRI Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusive Leadership- (CGEIL) and the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS), last week.
From the rubble, they rebuild and set the healing paths for their country. CGEIL in its effort to promote gender equality and inclusive leadership focused its October session on the transformational work of women Peacebuilders and Leaders.
The two experts Dr. Salla Turunen, an International Relations expert with a specialization in gender, and humanitarian diplomacy, and Dr. Swarna Rajagopalan, an internationally acclaimed author, writer, and political analyst on Women, Peace, Justice, and Security engaged the audience in stimulating presentations. They both were of the opinion that despite many efforts women still lag at higher positions in Humanitarian Diplomacy.
While Dr. Salla focused on International Organizations and the participation of Women in peacebuilding roles, Dr. Swarna at her part emphasized the qualitative aspects of humanitarian diplomacy and the need to have gender sensitivity during the time of humanitarian crisis.
Fr. Dr. Casimir, S.J Director XLRI Delhi in his welcome remarks reaffirmed that there is enough evidence and examples to suggest that in the peace process where women were involved and included in post-conflict socio-political and economic processes, the results were visibly more sustainable and longer lasting.
While Dr. Salla focused on International Organizations and the participation of Women in peacebuilding roles, Dr. Swarna at her part emphasized the qualitative aspects of humanitarian diplomacy and the need to have gender sensitivity during the time of humanitarian crisis

An interactive Q & A was very stimulating and managed by Team IDEA of XLRI Jhajjar.
CGEIL- XLRI Chairperson Ms. Alka Raza and Ms. Emily have expressed their thanks & gratitude to both the presenters for their time and wisdom shared with all.

27/10/2022

Greetings from the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies and XLRI Center For Gender Equality and Inclusive Leadership!

A gentle reminder for our upcoming webinar on 28th October 2022 at 5:30 PM
|| The first international collaboration in the PATHMAKER CGEIL DIALOGUES series ||
Theme - “GENDER AND HUMANITARIAN DIPLOMACY”
Time and Date: 5:30 PM (IST), 28th of October

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89952017960?pwd=aG1EekdVZHhxdXoxYm5ES2wrZXZzUT09

Meeting ID: 899 5201 7960
Passcode: welcome@xl
Youtube Link- https://youtu.be/yGB9Cw0qfTw