Uddheshya

ABOUT UDDESHYA

We invite you to join us for Uddheshya – a one-day conference being organized by WRI India to highlight the importance of inclusive and accessible transport systems. Uddheshya is being held under the aegis of the Forum for Decarbonising Transport, a NITI Aayog-led platform, for enabling more ambitious and inclusive transport decarbonisation action.

Uddheshya will bring together gender experts, transport agencies, research organisations, civil society groups and other stakeholders to deliberate on policy frameworks for gender-inclusive mobility and implementation pathways for achieving equitable access to mobility and opportunity for all.

Empowerment of women is a central theme of India’s G20 Presidency, with the aim of reducing the gender gap in workforce participation by 25% by 2025 and bringing more than 100 million women into the labor force.

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At uddheshya

Plenary: Gender Inclusive Mobility for Women's Empowerment

At the Plenary Session, the speakers emphasized on the importance of inclusive mobility as a pathway for women’s empowerment in India. Speakers: Dr. Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India and Bhutan, Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, India, Smt. D Thara, IAS, Additional Secretary, MoHUA, Dr. Vandana Kumar, Additional Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat and Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, Program Director, Research, WRI India
Roundtable 2: Implementing Gender-Inclusive Mobility: Challenges, Lessons Learnt, Way Forward

Transport investments can help guide the development of inclusive transport systems that improve access to services and opportunities for women. This panel discussion identified the different types of investments and finance flows in the transport sector, and how they can be leveraged to support more equitable mobility options for all
Panel 2: Designing Inclusive Public Transport and Infrastructure

Moderated by Sonal Shah, Founder, The Urban Catalysts, this panel, which included speakers from both the government and not-for-profit organizations, focused on the need for incorporating a gender-sensitive lens to cater to the unique needs of all transport users across gender, age, income, ethnicity and geography.
Roundtable 1: Ensuring a Just and Inclusive Transition to E-Mobility

The electric mobility sector is poised for robust growth in the country and will emerge as a key employment generator. This session highlighted the historic opportunity of the e-mobility transition to close the gender gap in the transport sector workforce and create green jobs that are both socially and environmentally sustainable.
Panel 1: Moving Towards Gender-inclusive Mobility in India

Our speakers looked at the opportunities and challenges for creating mobility systems that are more inclusive for women. Speakers: Shri Sudhendu Jyoti Sinha, Advisor, NITI Aayog, Shri KR Jyothilal, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Power Dept, Kerala, Rebecca Fisher, Director, Drive Electric Campaign, Dr. Vandana Vasudevan, Urban Development Author and Researcher, Aishwarya Raman, Executive Director, OMI Foundation, Madhav Pai, CEO (interim) and Executive Director, WRI India.