May 4, 2024 12:20 PM

India’s Panchayati Raj system highlights strides made in women’s leadership: Ruchira Kamboj

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, highlighted the remarkable progress made in women's leadership within India's Panchayati Raj system, a unique system of rural governance that decentralizes power at the grassroots level. Speaking at India's side event at the 57th UN Commission on Population and Development (#CPD57) titled "Localising the SDGs: Women in Local Governance in India Leads the Way," Kamboj emphasized the transformative impact of women's empowerment at the gr...