Smriti Irani highlights importance of normalizing conversation around women's health
Smriti Irani Wednesday highlighted the importance of normalising conversations around women's health.
She said that women's healthcare systems or conversations were never mainstreamed and called it one of the greatest challenges.
Speaking at a session linked to the Women's Health Programme at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Smriti Irani said, «I think women's healthcare systems or conversations never were mainstreamed and that has been one of the greatest challenges.
How do you provide the solution to an issue that has never been spoken of? Mostly, there is a presumption that women do not want the psychological burden of their medical challenge to fall upon their family unit or hinder the economic progression of their contribution. And that is why they tend to either self-medicate or not medicate at all.»
She also spoke about the initiatives taken for women's development after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.
She said that 110 million toilets have been built in India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Speaking about the initiatives taken for women's development after 2014, Smriti Irani said, «From the Indian experience, let me provide you a big context. Post 2014, when Prime Minister Modi took office in the year 2010-11, there was a World Bank report which said that if there is a lack of sanitation facilities for women, there is a negative six per cent burden on the GDP of India.
