(Image: AP)More than 50 Indian and international speakers to take part in first ET Women’s Forum.If India’s women participate in the workforce as much as the men, its GDP could expand by 27%, Lagarde said in Davos last month. It also estimated “missing” women at 63 million and said that 21million were “unwanted,” reflecting the scale of the mountain that needs to be climbed.From Davos to Delhi , the exclamations of future hope and the sighs of current challenges of India’s half a billion women are now reverberating with fresh intent. Next month, The Economic Times will bring together more than 50 Indian and international speakers and panellists and well over 300 participants to amplify the voice of India’s rising women.The first Economic Times Women’s Forum will be as much a celebration of the modern woman as it will be a clarion call to ensure she gets what’s rightfully her due.Yashodhara Raje Scindia. com), which will be held on March 16, is an exclusive, by-invitation-only forum. The Economic Times has established the collaborative forum to create an urgent, sustainable and national culture of empowering India’s half a billion women.

Source: Economic Times February 07, 2018 02:57 UTC