A two day workshop on Socio-Economic Empowerment of adolescent girls in Jharkhand, got underway at the BNR Chanakya Hotel, organized jointly by the World Bank and the Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Govt. of Jharkhand.
The workshop was inaugurated by Mridula Sinha, Principal Secretary, WCD, who stated that adolescent years are the most critical in a women life, and support to them should be unfolded, so that the girls become economically productive and socially conscious citizens.
All the speakers asserted that momentous changes are taking place across the country and as adolescents make up a quarter of the population in this country so adolescent girls as future citizens would be ushering in major changes in the society.
It was further reiterated that skills augmentation and capacitating adolescent girls would support the socio–economic development in the State of Jharkhand.
The session culminated with a panel discussion on the way forward to address the issues of adolescent girls in the State. The participating agencies also shared their experiences of vocational training of adolescent girls which was much appreciated by the forum.