Vasundhara Raje calls for gender equality, women's empowerment

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today greeted women of the state on the eve of International Women's Day, and assured that her government is committed to empower them.

Expressing her views on United Nation's theme for this year's Women's Day-- 'Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality'-- she said, "This will come true when we empower women in all the sector with behaviour of equality."

The state government is committed for women empowerment and welfare schemes like 'Bhamashah' have been started with this objective, a statement quoted her as saying.