Krishna Tirath to lead delegation to Trinidad and Tobago

Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath will lead a ministerial delegation to Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador from May 29-31.

During the visit, Tirath will exchange views on current global developments in gender and child policy, as well as explore the possibility of any policy and/ or technical cooperation between the two nations in these areas.

She will also call on the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to discuss deeper humanitarian ties between the two nations followed by a joint meeting with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Sustainable Development, Industry and Housing and the Environment to discuss the common challenges facing the two countries as well as possible collaborative solutions.

She will also be meeting the Minister of Gender and Youth Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago separately to discuss the serious issue of rise in violence against women facing both countries as well as how each country can help the other in addressing this problem.

Her official engagements also include meeting representatives of civil society organisations engaged with women and children related work in Trinidad and Tobago, Women/Child Welfare Homes and Belmont offices of Child Line, 'Coalition against Domestic Violence' and Rape Crisis Centre.

Tirath will also attend the India Arrival Day Event, which is celebrated every year in Trinidad and Tobago.

Tirath will then visit El Salvador. The Minister and her team will visit and study the 'Women City' project - 'Ciudad Mujer' project- a unique initiative led by El Salvador's Ministry of Social Inclusion and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank.

This project seeks to improve the living conditions of Salvadoran women through an integrated focus and promotion of women's rights. The First Lady of El Salvador will accompany her on this visit.

During her tour of these two countries, Tirath will be accompanied by a delegation of high level officials from the Ministry including Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Mission for Empowerment of Women, K. Ratna Prabha, Senior Economic Advisor, Padmaja Mehta and Executive Director, National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Rashmi Singh.