The government recently hosted a workshop on gender auditing in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city with the aim of empowering eves and providing them equal opportunity for employment, media reports said.

The workshop was organized by the College of Education, Srinagar. A good number of dignitaries participated in the workshop, which included professors, educationists, scholars, researchers, and students, reports ANI.

The participants, which also included male, highlighted the importance of the role of women in developing society.

Meenakshi Gopinath, the guest participant at the workshop highlighted that it is particularly important to talk about women’s empowerment which is enshrined in sustainable development goals

Speaking to ANI, she said, “It is a pleasure to come back to this institution of higher learning, which has a special place in Kashmir. And now education is being given so much importance during the G20. The whole world is adopting it (women empowerment) and we can’t have a system that is not gender-just. Our institutions need to adopt processes that not just empower women in a conventional sense, but make them active participants in the process, and to provide leadership for a more inclusive and democratic society”.

“We have conducted the workshop all across India, east, west, north, south, and Kashmir has been very receptive to this. We are seeing a lot of enthusiasm, among both men and women, which is very heartening. The male members are also taking an active part in it, which is a very very positive sign,” she added.