Mayor M. Anilkumar has called for gender participation in governance and promised to enforce such models in the governance and development of the city.

He was inaugurating a two-day seminar organised by the Kochi Corporation in association with Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German development agency, and the National Institute of Urban Affairs. The seminar titled ‘Empowering Cities towards Gender Responsive Approaches’ is aimed at ensuring the participation of women, children, and transgender people in governance and development.

Subject experts presented papers on gender participation in governance and development models implemented across the world. The meeting deliberated on how such models could be used for the sustainable development of cities.

Standing committee chairpersons C.D. Valsalakumari, Seena Gokul, and Malini Kurup, councillors, and representatives of GIZ, National Institute of Urban Affairs, C-Hed, and Kudumbashree attended.