In all official and other communications on India’s upcoming G20, including speeches at public events, the importance of ‘equity and inclusion’ has been a prevalent idea. Most countries holding the G20 presidency have engaged on gender related issues, both, through the W20, as well as through certain thematic areas. It will be expected that India too will cover this issue in some capacity, and particularly through the W20, which is an important official G20 engagement group and the EMPOWER track.
The G20 presidency is a pivotal and exciting moment for India; it is also an opportunity to shape our approach towards a global society in flux and governance norms that need to be more reflective of the world we live in, to move towards more inclusive outcomes, and create new paradigms of growth.
India, during its G20 presidency, has the opportunity to institutionalise policies that will determine not only its own future, but that of two-thirds of the total world population. We hope the unpacking of the G20 workings from an inclusionary perspective, attempted through this policy brief, will aid in galvanising the larger conversations around mechanisms, agenda setting and processes.
