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Centre for Equality and Inclusion (CEQUIN), alternatively spelled in the press as Center for Equality and Inclusion, is a non-governmental organisation based in India that works towards female empowerment and women's rights. ==Organisation== The Centre for Equality and Inclusion (CEQUIN) is a non-governmental organisation based in India.〔〔 The organisation's goals include empowering the initiatives of women. The co-founder and chairperson of the organisation is Sara Pilot, a social worker.〔 Pilot co-founded CEQUIN in 2009, with Lora Prabhu.〔〔 It published a report in 2010 studying violence against women in public locations in Mumbai. The group determined that domestic violence legislation in India had improved, while conversely there was a lack of safe spaces available to women as they traveled between their primary residence and to their place of employment. In 2014 the organisation worked to give women in India electric rickshaws as a way to increase their potential for economic opportunity. Its director in 2015 was Lora Prabhu. The group lobbied in 2015 to increase the amount of women police in Delhi. In August 2015 the organisation met with Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi Shri Najeeb Jung to discuss how to ensure how best to protect the well-being of women in the city. In March 2015 the group held an event called the WowMen Awards, to recognise men on behalf of their efforts to increase female empowerment.〔 The event was held at The Leela Palace in New Delhi.〔 Among the seven men honored at the event included boxer Mary Kom's husband K Onler Kom, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai's father Ziauddin Yousafzai.〔 Pilot stated at the 2015 event that gender equality would help create a more joyful planet.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Centre for Equality and Inclusion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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