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NDTV Youth For Change Conclave: Highlights
Aug 28, 2017 16:46 (IST)

Session three of the NDTV Youth for Change conclave focussed on gender divide. On the panel were Arjun Kapoor, Actor, Nidhi Dubey - Country Director, Girl Rising India, Captain Anny Divya, World's youngest pilot of Boeing 777 and Sushma Verma, India's Youngest PhD Student.

Here are the highlights:

Arjun Kapoor, Actor
  • I am not very educated. I didn't clear my Class 11. But my upbringing has been such that despite this lack of education, I got a chance to move on in my life to do what I wanted to do. I don't think women get such opportunity.
  • I have grown up among women, predominantly with my sister and mother, and I have seen how strongly women face adversity.
  • We should incorporate it in the syllabus itself how men should treat women.We always hear, 'Stop crying like a woman.' We inadvertently are implying that women are the weaker gender.
  • I have a sister and somewhere there is always a concern about her safety. It is not just about urban or rural areas, world over security of women is an area of concern.
  • We are moving forward and progress is everyone's right. It cannot be gender specific. Gender parity means that both are equal not one is superior than the other.

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