Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development will participate in the tenth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers’ meeting at Dhaka on 17-19 June, 2013.

The theme of the meeting is “Women’s Leadership for Enterprise”. Deliberations on the theme will enable to elaborate on strategic measures for achieving gender equality and women empowerment across the Commonwealth countries. This meeting will facilitate exchange of views on key issues of practical policy concern. 

The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss priorities for the End Term Review Report of the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005-2015 (PoA). It will be an opportunity to share and develop collective Commonwealth perspective on the emerging post-2015 Global Development Agenda. 

During her visit, Smt. Tirath will be accompanied by a delegation of high level officials from the Ministry of Women and Child Development (PIB)