Empowering Women- as I see

188 Pages·2013·27.943 MB·english

by  Kiran Bedi

EMPOWERING

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Kiran Bedi has been a courageous voice
on women empowerment, corruption,
police and police reforms, leadership,
and governance.
She writes as she experiences, speaks
from her heart, and reaches out to the
audience according to their needs.
This book is a compilation of some of her
articles and speeches in which the focus
is on women empowerment.
These articles and speeches have a
perennial educational and inspirational
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EMPOWERING
WOMEN... As | See
Kiran Bedi
Voted as the Most Admired and Trusted Woman in India by the
following media and surveys:
The Most Admired Woman: The Week, September 15, 2002.
Among 15 Indian Icons Who Have Made Us Proud: The Week, June
6, 2006.
Among Top Five India’s Most Trusted Personalities 2009 (and
highest ranked woman): Survey by The Digital Edge for Readers
Digest.
The Most Admired Indian Female Icon 2011: MSN She User's Choice
Awards.
India’s Most Trusted Woman Personality: Trust Research Advisory,
Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2013 (second year in a row).
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By the same author
As I See (2013)
Empowering Women...As I See (2013)
Dare to Do! For the New Generation (2012)
It's Always Possible (2012)
Be the Change: Fighting Corruption (2012)
T Dare! (2011)
What Went Wrong and Continuous? (2011)
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EMPOWERING
WOMEN... As I See
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Empowering Women: As I See
© 2013, Kiran Bedi
ISBN 978 81 207 81146
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Why this book?
Bre a woman is both an asset and a liability. A lot depends
on what she makes of herself and what she becomes.
A woman is a huge asset when she is self-dependent and
possesses the awareness and choice of being interdependent.
She isa liability when she is neither educated nor financially
independent and, worse, when she is psychologically
dependent on others for her physical well-being. In such a
situation she is truly enslaved. And we have millions of such
women all over the world.
These articles are “As I See” the situation. They are each
the result of an observation, experience, feeling, and learning.
At the same time, they are also expressions of joy and concern.
They are about lessons to be learnt.
Wishing you the very best in the times ahead.
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Acknowledgements
I am grateful to:
India Vision Foundation staff: Monica Dhawan, Archana
Kumar, Lata Kumari, Kundan Singh, Nanda Dass, Nobat
Ram, Rajiv Kumar, Ram Prakash, Sumitra Rai, Sunil Gautam,
and Tarun Rohilla for their generous support in secretarial
management, articles retrieval, and technology support.
Webmaster Anup Sinha for updating the social network and
the website www.kiranbedi.com.
Shri Surinder Kumar Ghai, Managing Director, Sterling
Publishers (P) Ltd. and his team.
Sanjiv Sarin, the editor of this book.
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