New Delhi: An initiative to provide a platform to the youth, especially school and college students to work closely with law makers with the sole aim to create a safe and respectable environment for women of India, Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur along with 30 other MP from across party lines launched the ‘HOW MP Connect: Redefining Leadership’ initiative of the Honour Our Women (HOW) Foundation today.
Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development, and for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Rajiv Shukla, INC MP (RS), Supriya Sule NCP MP (LS), Anupriya Paatel, Apna Dal MP (LS), Chirag Paswan, LJP MP (LS), Shatabdi Roy TMC MP (LS), Gaurav Gogoi INC MP (LS), Dushyant Chautala, INLD MP (LS), Meenakshi Lekhi BJP MP (LS), Paresh Rawal Actor & BJP MP (LS), Monoj Tewari Bhojpuri Film Actor & BJP MP (LS), Dushyant Singh BJP MP (LS), Poonam Madaam BJP MP (LS), Nishikant Dubey BJP MP (LS), Harish Diwedi BJP MP (LS), Virender Kashyap BJP MP (LS), Ram Swaroop BJP MP (LS), Pritam Mode BJP MP (LS), Jagdambika Pal BJP MP (LS), Om Birla BJP MP (LS), KP Maurya BJP MP (LS) are among those came together for this unique program.
M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs & Urban Development, Housing & Poverty Alleviation and Rajiv Pratap Rudy Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & Skills Development extended their support to the initiative. Anurag Thakur is a founder of the Honour Our Women Foundation.
HOW Foundation will work closely with MPs to raise these issues in their speeches, public functions and media, social media interactions.
M Venkaiah Naidu appreciated the efforts of the HOW Foundation and said grassroots initiatives with the involvement of the youth would help bring about transformative changes. He advocated strongly for the endeavor of HOW Foundation to work conduct self defense classes, health awareness workshops and legal awareness, social inclusion sessions in the MP’s constituency.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy welcomed this unique initiative and assured his full support. He also encouraged the idea of citizens and parliamentarians joining hands to do social impact projects in the MP’s constituency.
Anurag Thakur said that as law makers and as citizens of India, women safety and empowerment has been at the forefront for the development of our nation. He further said that while lot was being done by the government and various organisations, the cause would not reach its desired impact unless we engage, educate and empower the youth in this process of bringing about this change. He said
“HOW Foundation initiative is unique in that it transcends all political barriers, because when we fight for the Honour of Our Women, we fight for the honour of our nation”
Honour Our Women (HOW) Foundation was founded in December 2013 to commemorate the Nirbhaya incident and to begin an initiative that would work towards changing mindsets and creating awareness about how women are perceived in India.
