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Women must come out of their comfort zone to make desired impact: Sitharaman

Women should come out in large numbers and claim their place and positions in higher jobs, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The minister, while regretting that not many women are there on top positions in higher jobs, said they should come out of their comfort zone to make their mark.

Women must come out of their comfort zone to make desired impact: Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman

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Published : Sep 25, 2019, 2:01 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged women to come out of their "comfort zone", saying that there are enough laws to ensure representation of women in governing boards and as independent directors in companies, but women employees are still not in good numbers in the public sector.

Nirmala Sitharaman

The minister made the comment while addressing a gathering after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat unveiled the findings of a survey on Status of Women in India by a Sangh Parivar-backed women’s organisation.One of the findings of the survey is that none of the 24 Parliamentary standing committees has had a woman head.RSS-linked Drishti Stree Adhyayan Prabodhan Kendra (DSAPK), better known as DRISHTI, has conducted a large survey on women across India, interviewing 43,255 women above 18 years of age across 465 districts of India, including 70 in border areas. But the overarching theme of the study seems to be the women who practice spirituality and making a comparison between them and the others.

She said it was her experience as the Commerce and Defence Minister in the previous term of the Modi-led government, and now as the Finance Minister that "women do not come forward to stake claim".

"It is not that there is a dearth of capable women, but they just do not bother to come out," the minister observed.

The minister further noted that laws for more participation of women should not get reduced to “tokenism”. "It's important for women to come out of their comfort zones and take up challenges," she said.

"Women should understand that they have to come out and speak. The minister also hoped the findings of the survey would help the government in policy-making.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhagwat said men should not have the audacity to think it is up to them, or that they have the strength to uplift women, and only women will uplift themselves.

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged women to come out of their "comfort zone", saying that there are enough laws to ensure representation of women in governing boards and as independent directors in companies, but women employees are still not in good numbers in the public sector.

Nirmala Sitharaman

The minister made the comment while addressing a gathering after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat unveiled the findings of a survey on Status of Women in India by a Sangh Parivar-backed women’s organisation.One of the findings of the survey is that none of the 24 Parliamentary standing committees has had a woman head.RSS-linked Drishti Stree Adhyayan Prabodhan Kendra (DSAPK), better known as DRISHTI, has conducted a large survey on women across India, interviewing 43,255 women above 18 years of age across 465 districts of India, including 70 in border areas. But the overarching theme of the study seems to be the women who practice spirituality and making a comparison between them and the others.

She said it was her experience as the Commerce and Defence Minister in the previous term of the Modi-led government, and now as the Finance Minister that "women do not come forward to stake claim".

"It is not that there is a dearth of capable women, but they just do not bother to come out," the minister observed.

The minister further noted that laws for more participation of women should not get reduced to “tokenism”. "It's important for women to come out of their comfort zones and take up challenges," she said.

"Women should understand that they have to come out and speak. The minister also hoped the findings of the survey would help the government in policy-making.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhagwat said men should not have the audacity to think it is up to them, or that they have the strength to uplift women, and only women will uplift themselves.

Intro:Union minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman urged the women to come out of their comfort zones and take challenges if they want to have active participation in decision making.
Sitharaman was speaking at an event 'Status of Women in India' , a survey report released by RSS linked organisation Drishti Stree Adhhyayan Prabodhan Kendra on Tuesday at Ambedkar International Center in the national capital.
"We don't want token participation, we want true participation" she said while addressing the gathering.
Talking about the laws that makes the inclusion of women in various institutions mandatory, Sitharaman said that laws are there but women should also utilize the access and come out to take challenges.
"Gone are the days when women used to urge for reservations and opportunities.. Demanding reservations, special laws are fine but they should also be ready to take those challenges. Women must come and speak out about it" said the finance minister.

Body:Drishti Stree Adhyayan Prabodhan Kendra released an extensive survey report on Tuesday on 'Status of Women in India'. A total of 7000 surveyors, all of them women worked for the survey which covered all 29 states and 5 union territories having a total sample size of 43255.
Women above 18 years of age from 464 districts of of the total 727 districts participated in the survey which took 2 years to be completed.
The survey was conducted by an all women organization Drishti Stree Adhyayan Prabodhan Kendra.

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