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the problems for widows was just overlooked, but there's still so much work to do. Widows continue
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to face systemic barriers and social stigma, but we have proved you can actually make a difference.
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I said originally that we focused on educating widows' children, but over time I managed to
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persuade Lord Lindner that women's economic empowerment was also vital. As we heard,
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women should not just be seen as beneficiaries, they should be seen as leaders and agents of
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their own future. And this is why this programme and the other programmes that we have done which
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provide widows with skill training and tools to start their own businesses, and most importantly
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to help them have their own financial independence and dignity. Because with financial independence
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comes choice, the power to have control over your life. And we've worked with various organisations
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including Youth Business International, founded by then Prince of Wales, but now our king,
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King Charles III. We've worked with Oxfam, with Virgin Unite, and we have delivered programmes
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across three continents for widows in countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Uganda, and Chile.
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Have received training and equipment to rebuild their lives. Of course we have a big focus here
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in India. There are 46 million widows in India, many of whom live in extreme poverty.
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We organised a conference back in 2008 with the Indian Chambers of Commerce
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and provided more training. In 2012 we launched an empowerment programme with Rotary India
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International Mission with Lions Club International. In 2016 we extended our efforts to a very special
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place, Varanasi, the home to 90,000 widows. And the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,
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who actually represents that area, launched the programme to support and train 5,000
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widows. And similar programmes have been in Punjab, in Maharashtra, in Haryana, and in
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Vrindavan. Most recently, with the partnership of the US-India Friendship Alliance, we empowered
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5,000 widows in Uttar Pradesh, in Jammu, and in Kashmir. Now I am so delighted that in this mission
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we have been turbocharged by a force of nature. If you think it's dangerous to get into a room
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with Lord Lumber, wait till you get into a room with Smriti. Well, you all know that already, don't you?
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She's a former minister, but she's now continuing her work in many roles, one of which
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is as Vice President of this foundation. And her leadership and commitment to women's empowerment
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will absolutely make a huge difference. I am so delighted that you've joined us. We've met before,
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but we're having a great deal of fun together. But more than that, we are going to change things
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together. And one of the ways we're going to change things is by launching this new initiative,
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Her Skill, Her Future. And you're right, we're not ambitious enough. 100,000 is just a drop in
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the ocean. But it is, as Lord Lumber said, a start. And we are so delighted to be able to be
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in partnership with great organizations like the CII Foundation, proving, by the way, by your speech,
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that men absolutely understand this and that men are our partners in this. And also, of course,
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the Women's Collective Forum. And I wanted to acknowledge, you may have noticed that their
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representative today was a young woman herself. And you may not know that it was her first time
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in actually doing a big public speech like this. I thought she did wonderfully for a 19-year-old.
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And if you can do that at 19, what a force of nature she's going to be as she goes on in the
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world. So we are going to equip widows with skills in hospitality, in tailoring, in health care,
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and other trades. And part of that is going to be involving my own foundation for women. So we're
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going to do this in partnership. And by helping the widows take control of their lives, we're not
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just supporting them. We're not just supporting their families. We are also supporting their
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communities and, most importantly, driving development and economic growth.
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