Women can’t work together for empowerment: Minister

Amravati, February 11

Union Minister YS Chowdary believes no two women can work together for female empowerment, and that India is wrongly considered a country where violence is inflicted on women as there is “much more” gender discrimination in countries like the US.

Chowdary also said there was a need for women to realise the importance of “interdependency” between males and females, underlining the role of “attitude and mindset” in this regard.

The Union Minister was speaking on the theme ‘Women’s status and decision making power’ at the first National Women’s Parliament here.

Addressing a large gathering of girl students and women, he said there are “bad apples” everywhere and went on to cite mythological figures such as Saraswati, Laxmi and Kanaka Durga to claim that women have always enjoyed respect in India.

“Unfortunately, our country is being picturised as (a place where) violence against women is definitely more. Which personally I feel may not be true...There will be some per cent of bad apples everywhere. Violence against women, if you talk more and more, that is where women are losing confidence,” he said. — PTI