Women's Day- Leading Industry Leader's

International Women's Day is celebrated on the 8th of March every year. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights. The theme for this year is IWD 2020 is #EachforEqual, recognising all of the actions we can take as individuals to challenge stereotypes, fight prejudice and celebrate women's achievements. 

On the same lines, please find enclosed the quotes by leading women industry leaders and attached their photographs for your editorial consideration. 

Mrs. Meenal Arora, Founder Director, Shemford Group of Schools (India's fastest growing school chain)says, "In my opinion, besides being a human right, gender equality is imperative for women to realise their self-worth, take control of their decisions and fill the gap to access equal opportunities and resources as men. The impacts of this parity are far beyond a particular section of the society, it sways the nation as a whole. Empowering women and giving them equal standing is the need of the hour to pull off sustainable development and economic upswing. Despite these facts, no nation in the world has been able to attain 100 percent gender-equality. We constitute half of the total world’s population but our contribution to the overall wealth of the world is negligible. Our battle against gender-bias is not for letting us read and write, neither it is for the equal pay and opportunities, it is for what we deserve - equal respect, rights and stature in the society. It’s high time, we overcame the major roadblocks – the fallacies and the attitudes people hold against gender equality. The seeds of gender awareness need to be sown right from the young age of children that will make them responsible citizens with a mindset to create a nation free from discrimination. I, being an educator am committed to giving my students a childhood devoid of gender-bias and a meaningful start in that direction. As a woman, I stand strong with the empowerment of women and hence offer equal opportunities to women employees in my organisation"  

Aarti Gill, Co- Founder, Oziva ( India's first clean-label plant-based active nutrition brand)says, "The seed thought behind being an entrepreneur were sown during the IIT days. While growing up, I saw a lot of health problems faced by people could have been easily avoided, only if they just had a better lifestyle. This motivated me to start OZiva. For me the challenges I faced as an entrepreneur had nothing to do with the gender, it was similar to what every entrepreneur goes through. Today, more than 80% of our customers are women and we are working towards building the community of 10k women entrepreneurs who are living a healthy lifestyle & inspiring others to do the same thing. We believe if a women is educated about fitness and healthy lifestyle they pass on the same to the family"