Subtle discrimination is greatest challenge for women: Vice-Prez

'NCW has to be North Star when women organisations or individual women look for guidance'

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Emphasising that all around there is an ecosystem that is affirmative for women, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said they are breaking every ceiling and they are in combat positions in defence forces.

"Women have tested development, women of this country at the moment are most aspirational and when a segment is most aspirational, the challenges are enormous because energy has to be regulated. I have no doubt, without the contribution of half of humanity, neither the planet can be happy nor the nation can prosper," he said while addressing the Foundation Day of the National Commission for Women (NCW) here.

He underlined the fact that subtle discrimination is the greatest challenge for women.

"Subtle discrimination, discrimination which is refined at workplace, in politics, or otherwise, is a greatest challenge to your gender because, you can't make an issue of subtle discrimination but subtle discrimination is very painful."