New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd’s philanthropic arm Reliance Foundation on Wednesday said it has forged a new partnership under the Womens Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative for US Agency for International Development (USAID)to bridge the gender and digital divide in India.
The partnership was announced W-GDP event hosted by Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Stephen Biegun and with special guest, Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President of the United States, and Deputy USAID Administrator Bonnie Glick, it said in a statement.
Ivanka Trump said: “The W-GDP Fund was created to source and scale the most innovative programmes to advance women’s economic empowerment. We are leveraging the resources and expertise of the US government and the private sector so that activities have enduring, deep effects on the communities they reach.”
John Barsa, Acting Administrator, USAID, said: “Global prosperity will remain out of reach if we exclude half the population. At the US Agency for International Development (USAID), we believe investment in women is key to unlocking human potential on a transformational scale.
