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India Inc. For Generation Equality: Decade of Action

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Award Process Partner

Grant Thornton

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India is changing, and the current generation is more connected than ever. Digital

penetration in recent years has increased significantly and consequently, the

affinity towards social media. This demographic has been highly active in bridging

gaps and connecting rural and urban groups to the evolving socio-cultural fabric

of the country, ushering in gender-equal cultural norms and speaking up against gender-based violence. Not

just women, there has been a rise in the number of men supporting equal rights globally such as the UN

women’s HeforShe movement that have inspired similar trends in India like Mardon Waali Baat by YP

Foundation and Breakthrough India’s Bell Bajao. However, establishing gender equal norms in the social

ecosystem of India is still a complex road to travel. The Indian landscape needs to address this issue through

innovative policies and projects that can be implemented through a multi-stakeholder effort. Leaders today

have the potential and resources to catalyse change by implementing policies to support sustained gender

equality in the business environment including their own offices and across their supply chain. Thus starting a

chain reaction for change from the grass-root level demographics to the apex.

India, with half of its population below the age of 25, is amongst the youngest

countries in the world and the woman of this segment has the strongest zeal for

living in a gender-equal India. In a recent survey by the World Economic Forum

and the Observer Research Foundation, 82% of female respondents expressed

their desire for full-time employment, contradicting the stereotype that

associates them just to part-time jobs. On similar lines, the age-old notion that

most women find household chores and unpaid work acceptable has been

rejected, with only 1% of the surveyed female youth endorsing this ideology.

Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent

work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes

will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large."

This was the inspiring statement given by the UN on SDG 5 that seeks to achieve

gender equality and empower all women and girls. Although proactive actions

have been undertaken, the hard truth has to be acknowledged that for many

women, young women, adolescent girls, and girls, progress is not happening

nearly fast enough. Across the world, women continue to face gender-based

discrimination, marginalisation, and violence, including unequal access to

education and opportunities for leadership and participation. No country in the world has achieved gender

equality, and many are still far behind. At the current pace of change, it will take more than 50 years to achieve

parity in political participation and 118 years for true pay equality. To break these trajectories and make a

Gender Equal Planet by 2030 requires taking bold and decisive actions.

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary

foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

India Context

Background

The Context

About the

GES 2020

This summit builds from the Goal 5 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Women’s

Empowerment Principles (WEPs) to unite India Inc. as it calls for thoughts from the Private Sector, Governments,

not-for-profits and community at large. As we step into the next decade, this summit is a platform for discussing

the issues in the current day and what is required to ensure gender equality in the years to come.

rdGCNI’s 3 Gender Equality Summit in India carries forward the momentum built by

the previous two summits around Gender Equal India. The summit coincides with

the International Women’s day, and consequently, aligns the international theme

with the Indian fabric to highlight the current generation as a key driver and the

India Inc. as a key catalyst for gender equality.

Being more aware, more connected and more vocal about gender rights, this

‘Generation Equality’ holds the potential to bring about a change from the rural

entrepreneurial landscape to the formal urban workplace. GES 2020 deliberates

on how the 2020 India Inc can channel this potential through its know-how and

resources to magnify focus on gender equality, gender norms and gender

neutrality across industries and sectors.

Speakers

Vaishali Sinha

Chair, GCNI GES 2020

Founding Chair, ReNew

Foundation, Chief Sustainability

Officer, ReNew Power

Nirmala Sitharaman*

Minister of Finance

and Corporate Affairs

Dr. Uddesh Kohli

Senior Advisor

UNGC

Shashi Shanker*

President, GCNI & CMD

ONGC Group of

Companies

Lise Kingo*

CEO & Executive Director

UNGC New York

Vishesh Chandiok*

CEO

Grant Thornton India

Dr. Ritu Anand

Senior Vice President

and Chief Leadeship

& Diversity Officer TCS

Mallika Srinivasan*

Chair & CEO, TAFE

Parag Satpute

MD

Bridgestone India

Shallu Jindal

Co-Chair

JSPL Foundation

Zarina Screwvala

Co-Founder

Swades Foundation

Nupur Garg

Founder, WinPE:

Women in Private Equity,

Independent Director,

SIDBI, IVCA LP Council Member

Prof. Anu Singh Lather*

Vice Chancellor

Ambedkar University Delhi

Shelly Singh

Co-Founder and

Chief Business

Officer PeopleStrong

Parul Soni

Co-Founder & Global

Managing Director

Think Through

Consultancy GCNI

Best Practices Presentation

Shweta Rajpal Kohli

Country Director

Public Policy &

Government Affairs,

Salesforce, India & South Asia

Anjali Singh

VP and COO

Global Banking &

Capital Markets, Genpact

Nishtha Satyam

Deputy Representative,

UN Women MCO for

India, Bhutan,

Maldives and Sri Lanka

Manasi Tata*

Young Business Champion

for UN in India & Executive

Director and CEO

Kirloskar Systems Ltd

Kaku Nakhate

President & Country

Head, Bank of America

Neha Barjatya

CEO

Google Internet Saathi

Sindhu Gangadharan*

SVP and Managing

Director, SAP Labs India

Madhur Deora*

President, PayTm

Nita Kapoor

Non - Executive

Director, Muskaan

Anand Vijay Jha

VP & Head Corporate Affairs

Public Policy, Communications

and Sustainability

Walmart India

Falguni Nayar*

Founder

Nykaa

Dr. Shikha Nehru Sharma

Founder

Nutri Health

Vikesh Mehta

Partner

Grant Thornton India

Srimathi Shivashanker

Corporate VP

HCL Technology

Shaili Chopra

Founder

She the People Tv

Dr. Alka Mittal

Director HR

ONGC

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'*

Minister of Human

Resource Development

Your Key Takeaways

Who Should attend?

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1Understand the necessities concerning workplace

enablement practices for working women in the

formal and informal space cutting across generations

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Deliberations on how to confront traditional

norms around gender that are difficult to break3 3

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Gain insights on emerging trends on

gender equality through the lens of

generation 2020

Role of young female entrepreneurs in

changing cultural barriers in India

Determine focus areas of partnerships for aligning long term business goals with sustainability goals

that are interlinked with the gender agenda

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Officers / CXOsPolicy Makers

Head - CSR / Policy&

Engagement / Partnership

Manager - CSR / Social

Inclusion / Programme

Corporate

Communication Head

Government Officials,

Academicians, Researchers

Civil Society Leaders

and Practitioners

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Unique Exhibition on

Best practices of SDG 5

A powerful opportunity to

share . engage & network

with fellow professionals

High-Level Panels on the (CEO/ CXOs) Enablement across

the female multi-generational workforce, Female

entrepreneurs for social engineering in rural India and on

Breaking gender stereotypes across sectors

Release of GCNI &

Grant Thornton

Thought Paper

Exclusive Session on Innovative

Practices Awards 'Women at

Workplace' curated through

unique competition

Unique Features of GES 2020

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