{"id":55790,"date":"2019-01-17T20:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/?p=55790"},"modified":"2019-01-19T07:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T01:39:43","slug":"ficci-flo-extends-support-to-united-nations-movement-of-heforshe-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/ficci-flo-extends-support-to-united-nations-movement-of-heforshe-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"FICCI FLO EXTENDS SUPPORT TO UNITED NATIONS MOVEMENT OF HEFORSHE CAMPAIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) , the women business wing of apex trade body FICCI, which has been working continuously for gender parity and women empowerment has stressed on the need of men and women working together to reach gender equality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FICCI-Ladies-Organisation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55798\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Men and women have to work together to get systemic reform. One thing that remains certain is that gender balance can be achieved by engaging men in their initiatives to ensure equality for women in the society. We need to make sure women feel supported and are never held back because of their gender.\u201d Said Ms Pinky Reddy, President, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) while speaking at the premiere function of National award winning film maker Vibha Bakshi\u2019s latest documentary film \u2018Son Rise\u2019 here last evening .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) has extended its support to the United Nations (UN) HeForShe campaign as well as to Vibha Bakshi\u2019s latest documentary film \u2018Son Rise\u2019 which glorifies men as hero\u2019s for gender rights in Haryana State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) &nbsp;has always &nbsp;stressed on the need of true gender equality as it is intrinsically linked to sustainable development and is vital to the realization of human rights for all. The overall objective of&nbsp;gender&nbsp;equality&nbsp;is a society in which women and men enjoy the same opportunities, rights and obligations in all spheres of life. As part of our endeavour we support the cause for safer society for women and children\u201d said Ms Pinky Reddy, President, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEmpowerment of women and gender parity is an economic imperative. This stands true more so today in the global context \u2013 when women are empowered and can claim their rights and access to land, leadership opportunities \u2013 economies grow, food security is enhanced and prospects are improved for current and future generations. Men have major role in supporting such initiatives\u201d said Ms Pinky Reddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVibha Bakhsi, Director and Producer of the National Award winning film Daughters of Mother India released another compelling documentary film \u2013 \u2018Son Rise\u2019 &nbsp;which is not a film but a movement where men stand up and take a pledge to build a safer society for women and children. The film focuses on the lives of ordinary men doing extraordinary things to support women and help them rise in the rape capital of India \u2013 Haryana. \u201cShe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe film \u2018Son Rise\u2019 is part of United Nations he4she movement &#8211; an initiative under which people of all gender stand in solidarity with women to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality\u201d said Ms Nishtha Satyam, Deputy Country Representative \u2013 UN Women speaking on the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSON RISE produced both in Hindi and English is a 50 minute documentary which depicts Men as \u2018heroes\u2019 in this gender rights documentary set in the most unlikeliest of places \u2014 Haryana, the land of the Khap Panchayats with one of the most skewed sex ratios in the country&nbsp;\u201c said Ms Vibha Bakshi, the film producer and director while speaking on the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The film was premiered on Tuesday, January 15 at India Habitat Centre is supported by UN Women as part of the he4she campaign.&nbsp;The Who\u2019s Who of Delhi attended the Premiere including Additional Solicitor General \u2013 Ms. Madhvi Devan, Former Delhi Police Commissioner \u2013 Neeraj Kumar,&nbsp;Mr G Parthasarathy (Diplomat), Principal St Stephen\u2019s College &#8211; Prof. John Verghese, to Foreign Ambassadors and dignitaries. The star cast of the film was also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) , the women business wing of apex trade body FICCI, which has been working continuously for gender parity and women empowerment has stressed on the need of men and women working together to reach gender equality &#8220;Men and women have to work together to get systemic reform. One thing that remains certain is that gender balance can be achieved by engaging men in their initiatives to ensure equality for women in the society. We need to make sure women feel supported and are never held back because of their gender.\u201d Said Ms Pinky Reddy, President, FICCI <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1875,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-update","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55799,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55790\/revisions\/55799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}