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  The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Trilateral Cooperation Forum is a very unique platform that brings together three major economies and large democracies from three different continents. The 6th   edition of India-Brazil- South Africa women’s forum meeting took place on March 16, 2021, via video conferencing. The meeting was led by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, India and it witnessed the participation of officials and ministers responsible for women affairs of IBSA nations. The session of the forum was started with the welcome and opening remarks of the Secretary of Women and Child Development, India. The inaugural address was delivered by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani who was also the Chair of the 6th IBSA Women’s Forum. The Union Minister during her address, in the backdrop of the pandemic that disrupted the lives of millions globally, talked about how the year 2020 has seen the rights of girls and women gaining prominence all over

  Sahi Disha campaign highlights issues and the hurdles that impact the opportunities of women living in rural India to access livelihoods and jobs.  The United Nations Development Program- UNDP has launched a campaign named ‘Sahi Disha’ in order to celebrate women’s livelihoods and entrepreneurship in the rural part of India. According to a statement by UNDP, the launched campaign highlights issues and the hurdles that impact the opportunities of women living in rural India to access livelihoods and jobs. The campaign also talks about the problems in establishing enterprises that will help women in becoming more self-reliant. About Disha Initiative: The Disha initiative is a five years collaboration between the IKEA Foundation and the United Nations Development Program. It enabled around 1 million women through counselling and skilling services for accessing livelihood and job opportunities in rural India. The initiative benefitted women living across five states of India- •  Haryana,

  The Joint Commission will formulate a framework for strengthening ties in the sectors such as trade, energy, investment, information technology, and manpower and labour. The Governments of India and Kuwait on March 18, 2021, decided to establish a Joint Ministerial Commission. It will formulate a framework for strengthening ties in the sectors such as trade, energy, investment, information technology, and manpower and labour. The decision of forming a commission was taken during a ministerial meet between the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al- Mohammed Al-Sabah who has been on a visit to India. Kuwait’s Foreign Minister also handed over a letter to S. Jaishankar. The letter was from the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah addressed to PM Modi and it thanked India for supplying Kuwait with 2,00,000 doses of ‘Made in India’ Covishield Coronavirus vaccine. India-Kuwait Joint Commission: •  The Joint Mini

  The proposal foresees the creation of the vaccine certificates which will facilitate travel from one member state of the EU to another. The executive body of the European Union on March 17, 2021, proposed the introduction of Coronavirus passes. It will allow its 450 million residents to travel freely across the 27 nation-bloc by the summer of 2021. The plan will be discussed next week during the European Union leaders summit. The proposal foresees the creation of the vaccine certificates which will facilitate travel from one member state of the EU to another. The proposal of introducing the Coronavirus passes for travel has been the topic of discussion for the past few weeks and it has also proved to be a divisive topic. Proposal to resume travel by European Commission: In order to secure the agreement of all the member states of the European Union, the Commission has proposed that its COVID-19 passes, called Digital Green Certificates, will be delivered to the residents of the membe