TS ICET 26 May 2023 Shift 1 Solved Paper

Q.No : 191 to 195
Comprehension
   Today the world is home to a transformative generation of 900 million adolescent girls and women poised to shape the future of work and growth. If this cohort of young women could be equipped with the right resources and opportunities to nurture the 21‌st ‌ century skills, they would become the largest segment of women leaders, change makers, entrepreneurs, and innovators in history. India, home to one of the largest generations of girls and young women, has undertaken wide-ranging initiatives across the critical domains of education, health, digital and financial inclusion to help in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5, which envisions the world to be a more gender equal place by 2030 . To unleash the gender dividend and create conditions for female leadership to flourish women at all levels of society must have inclusion in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), bodily autonomy and safety, shared responsibility within the household and equal participation in decision-making spaces. The World Bank notes that over 43% of Indian STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) graduates are women. However, not all of them are represented in the work force and tech leadership. STEM education appears to have picked up pace but there are prevailing stereotypes that characterise it as a traditionally masculine domain.