India contributes $5million dollars to UN women

As a part of the fifth installment of India’s multi-year pledge to provide funding to UN Women's resources, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj handed over a million dollar cheque to the Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for the 2014-2015 financial year.

With this final cheque, India's total contribution to the UN body is now at $5 million. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women received the amount this Wednesday.

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A report by DNA Analysis states that according to a statement issued by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, the External Affairs Minister has shown commitment to the goals of UN women and have praised the role played by the organization in the formulation of the post-2015 Development Agenda, including the use of information and communication technology for development.

Serving as one of the founding members of the Executive Board of the UN Women and still being on the UN Women's Executive Board, India has been actively participating in the efforts taken by the organization to combat gender disparity around the world.

India also launched the HeForShe campaign recently. This comes at the right time as India ranked 114 amongst the 142 surveyed countries by the Global Gender Gap Report 2014.

ORIGINAL SOURCE: DNA Analysis

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