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India leads in women empowerment—gender budgeting, legal protections, Panchayati Raj

India is gradually moving toward a model where development is not simply delivered to women, but is rather designed and driven by them. Indian women are innovators and community leaders.

This year’s International Women’s Day was much like the others. It was full of speeches, talks, photo-ops, banners, and balloons—pink–coloured rhetoric. This year, the theme was “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”.

As per the United Nations, women worldwide hold only 64 per cent of the legal rights that men do. And if progress continues at the current pace, we’ll need another 286 years to close the legal protection gap. It’s a disturbing statistic.

Even today, the path to equal justice for women and girls remains uneven, marked by restrictive social norms, discriminatory legal frameworks, and a persistent pushback against gender equality.

Every generation of women inherits a different India. For the women of today, challenges inherited are offset by the promise of unprecedented opportunity. From classrooms and coding labs to startup hubs and sporting arenas to satellites in space, Indian women are stepping into roles that are reshaping the country. A case in point is Operation Sindoor, which demonstrated nari shakti (women’s power) through Col Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh. And the constitutional position of India’s Head of State is held by Droupadi Murmu, who belongs to the Santal community.

India’s progress in advancing women’s justice is visible across domains. We are pioneering gender budgeting, expanding legal protections, and creating one of the world’s largest networks of elected women leaders at the........

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