COVID-19 SHRI SHAKTI CHALLENGE

  • November 4, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Subject : Social Issues

Context : Six women led startups have won COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge organized by MyGov in collaboration with UN Women.

Concept :

  • MyGov in collaboration with UN Women, launched the COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge in April 2020.
  • Its objective was to encourage and involve women led startups to come up with innovative solutions that can help in the fight against COVID19 or solve problems that impact a large number of women.
  • This challenge was hosted on the Innovate platform of MyGov that called for applications from women led startups as well as startups who have solutions that address issues faced by a larger number of women.

UN Women :

  • UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
  • In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
  • It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
  • Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).
  • International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
  • Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI).
  • United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
COVID-19 SHRI SHAKTI CHALLENGE Social Issues