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Bihar progressing impressively in closing the gender gap

Patna, Dec 7 (UNI) Lauding the efforts of the Bihar government to bridge the gender gap the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh today said that the state is impressively progressing towards closing this gap with well-defined state policies.
Winding up the International Conference titled “Closing the gender gap: health, education and economic opportunities” organized by the International Growth Centre (IGC), Asian Development Research Institute in collaboration with Women Development Corporation, Government of Bihar, Mr Singh said here that following the sincere efforts of the state government the property right of women has increased and they have larger say in decision-making in Bihar today. While giving guidelines to promote gender equality he said that awareness generation will play a key role to improve the gender gap and if conscious efforts were not made to constantly improve it, the gains made so far can be reversed.
Chairing the Special Lecture on the topic “Why Women’s health is a priority?”, Bihar Health Minister
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