Women-led development is possible only when they get the freedom to implement their choices, President Droupadi Murmu said in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills on January 16.
Interacting with members of self-help groups (SHGs) at the Baljek Airport near Tura, the nerve centre of the Garo Hills, the President underlined the importance of the cooperative route to augment family income and happiness.
“The idea of women-led development can be implemented only when women get the freedom to implement their choices. I do not mean that women can make decisions only if they are the earning member of the family but economic self-reliance builds self-confidence in women,” Ms. Murmu said.
