New Zealand announces Internships for Indian Women students
Virtual Micro Internships for 10 Indian women students with New Zealand companies
Education New Zealand has announced Virtual Micro Internships to be offered by University of Auckland for 10 Indian women students.
It also announced 25 High School girl students will be selected for the virtual exchange programme which earns them the Global Competence Certificate, during its first-ever international women’s day summit “Women of the Future” in celebration of International Women’s Day.
David Pine, New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India said, “Research indicates that good gender equality is for everyone and key to not just achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, but also boost economic growth, enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions more representative.”
He further added, “The opportunity in India seems to be enormous. McKinsey has estimated that if women's participation were fully equal to men's, the country's GDP could rise by as much as 60%. That would mean an overall gain of almost 3 trillion dollars, which is over two thousand dollars per person. In New Zealand, we also have a long way to go. The same estimates done for New Zealand show a potential gain of 25%. It’s hard to imagine another area of policy with so much untapped potential.”
Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities of New Zealand graced the event and said, “it is particularly wonderful to be part of this event organized by Education New Zealand because I came to New Zealand as an International student myself. I came here to study, and that was partly because of the wonderful job that Education New Zealand does.”
As part of various learning opportunities and development programmes, Education New Zealand takes the first step in the direction of encouraging women to take the leap ahead with women centric initiatives for students.
A four-week virtual Immersion Programme for 16 women students from New Zealand universities which will be conducted by Symbiosis International University.
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