Two-day National Conference of Women Legislators held in New Delhi

A two-day National Conference of Women Legislators held in New Delhi from 5 March to 6 March 2016 with theme Women Legislators-Building Resurgent India.

•    The conference organised by the Parliament was inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee. 

•    Speaker of Bangladesh Shirin Chaudhary attended the conference and was the Chairperson of the Plenary Session.

•    The conference will equip the women legislators from across India with latest knowledge in relevant areas and provide them with the right perspective, motivation and guidance in their roles as legislators and powerful agents of socio-economic progress and change as well as good governance. 

•    It will update them about current national and international issues that are relevant to their field of work.

•    It was attended by Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and women MLAs, MLCs, MPs and Union Ministers.