Center for Equality and Inclusion saluted men who have contributed to the women's empowerment movement, a surprise wowmen first ever awards for men!! Do they deserve?
Seven men who have not just supported the exemplary, achiever Women in their lives but also worked towards gender issues of sex trafficking, gender imbalance and gender inclusion. An NGO known to work in the arena of gender issues, CEQUIN lead by acticvists Sara Pilot and Lora Prabhu selected seven men like Ziauddin Yousafzai-Malala Yousafzai's father and K. Onler Kom - Mary Kom's husband for backing their daughter and wife in their path to excellence. Rishi Kant who has dedicated his life towards liberating the many young girls trapped in the profession of sex trafficking. The American activist Franz Gastler who teaches a game of football to a cluster of tribal girls from Jharkhand turning the game into a gender leveler; Subhash Mendhapurkar who has reversed the gender ratio in his state of Himachal Pradesh. Taking a leaf out of celluloid and the impact it has on popular cultures,actor and activist Rahul Bose and Filmmaker Vikas Bhal of Queen fame.
Founded by Sara Pilot and Lora Prabhu, the charity works in the arena of gender equality and inclusion working in socially backward regions of Mewat in Haryana and Jamia Nagar in Delhi . The fund raiser had three Bollywood Divas in attendance including Priety Zinta, Nimrit Kaur and Gul Panag.
Seen in attendance were Creme de la creme of Delhi Society: Kalyani Chawla, Priya Sachdev, Jhanavi Prasada, Gauri ↦ Nainika Karan, Rishabh Tongya, Sachin Pilot, Omar Abdullah, Dilip Modi, Nirav Modi, Malvika Poddar, Aishwarya Nair, Divya Burman, Deependre and Sweta Hooda, Naveen and Shallu Jindal, Derek o Brian.
