MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT MEETS PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

Newdelhi:11/8/26:The Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India, Smt. Annpurna Devi, today met with a Parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Liberia, comprising Members of the Liberian Senate and the House of Representatives and members of the Women’s Legislative Caucus of Liberia, led by Ms. Ellen-Attoh Wreh, along with representatives of UN Women, at GPOA, Block 3, New Delhi. The delegation is visiting India from 10 to 15 August 2026 on a South-South Peer Learning Mission, organised with the support of UN Women and funded by the Governments of India, Brazil and South Africa through the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Fund, administered by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation.

During the meeting, the delegation was briefed on India’s key initiatives for women-led development. The Minister, Smt. Annpurna Devi, underlined India’s approach of viewing women as active agents of national development and highlighted India’s legislative, programmatic and institutional commitment to women’s empowerment — including in the areas of women’s political representation, gender-responsive governance and budgeting, institutional responses to violence against women, the care economy and women’s leadership in local governance. Both sides had a substantive exchange on areas of shared interest and expressed their commitment to deepening cooperation between the two countries within the framework of South-South cooperation. The meeting concluded with the presentation of a memento to the head of the Liberian delegation, followed by a group photograph.