Lakshmi puri

Indian diplomat born UN Women [ edit ]. That needs to be addressed at several levels. After her mother died of repeated child births, her father decided that he was not going to let his two daughters go in to early marriage. Download as PDF Printable version. I was born to her when she was Boys need to be taught to respect women.

Lakshmi puri: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri (born ) is

Recognition and awards [ edit ]. An empowered woman is one who embraces a life free of violence and discrimination. I worked on negotiating some of the key treaties that were being negotiated those days; such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child , and the Convention against Torture. So, that must change. Puri was appointed assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of the pioneering global entity for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, UN Women in I have a very strong human rights and development background.

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We will also focus on women in the media, and women and armed conflict. You are an accomplished diplomat and ambassador, and you were awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for Human Rights for your pioneering work with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, including helping evolve a dedicated SDG 5 for "gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

Indian Embassy, Hungary [post on Instagram]. A strong feminist, she was ahead of her times. One of our main objectives behind these campaigns is to get people and re-ignite a mass movement and create both political and social energy around it. Puri credits both parents with inculcating her with ideals of gender equality and freedom of expression.

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United Nations [ edit ]. You recently published a bestseller and a critically acclaimed novel, Swallowing the Sun , which dives into a stunning exploration of India's struggle for independence through the eyes of three generations of women. Archived from the original on 25 September He sent them off to Ahilya ashram. The outrage has finally been ignited and people have come out, men and boys as well as women and girls.

When I was doing human rights work in the 80s I experienced the energy of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women CEDAW being launched and adopted, and on how it became operational.