"Country will present perspective of women empowerment at global platform through P20": Om Birla

New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said that the 9th G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P-20) scheduled to be held from October 13 will discuss the women-led development.
Talking to ANI, the Lok Sabha Speaker said that the country will present the perspective of women empowerment at the global platform.
"I hope there will a discussion on women empowerment. Our women fought the freedom movement before independence and after independence. Women are leading in every field today. We will present this global perspective on the platform of P20. We have also presented a viewpoint at the global stage how women of our country are being empowered at every stage from the smallest unit of democracy that is panchayat, municipal corporation to the assemblies and Parliament. We have a model how our women are doing work for their economic and social empowerment through self-help group," Om Birla said.
The Women's Reservation Bill, which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha as well as the state legislative assemblies, cleared its final legislative hurdle at the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with 214 members voting in support and none against.
The Bill got the nod of the Lok Sabha as it was passed with a brute majority with 454 votes in favour and just 2 against.
Birla further said that four high-level sessions will be organized during the P-20 Summit including accelerating Sustainable Development Groups, sustainable energy transition, transformation in people's lives through public digital platform and women-led development.
The Parliament-20 meeting of the presiding officers of the G20 nations - where presiding officers of 25 countries and 10 Deputy Speakers from the G20 member nations and invitee countries are expected to attend - will be held at the Yashobhoomi, the India International Convention and Expo Centre at Delhi's Dwarka between October 13 and 14.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the P20 on October 13 in the national capital.
The Lok Sabha Speaker further expressed hope that the P20 will collectively come together on a parliamentary forum and give a unique perspective, considering the entire world as a family.
Birla further said that with the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth, One Family, One Future', India aims to provide consensus-based solutions to complex global issues towards a more inclusive, peaceful and equitable world.
"Since P20 is also a platform of the G20 countries. I hope that even in P20, we will collectively come together on a parliamentary forum and give a unique perspective, considering the whole world as a family, following the culture of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam... I hope that P20 will give a positive direction to the discussion on all these issues," he added. (ANI)