Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of the US President, during the inauguration of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: Ivanka Trump urged India on Tuesday to close its yawning gender gap in the job market, telling a business summit in her biggest foreign mission yet that this would bring huge economic benefits.
US President Donald Trump's eldest daughter urged India to seize the untapped potential in women in a speech before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business leaders in Hyderabad.
India is one of the world's fastest growing major economies but also has one of the lowest rates of female employment, a trend that has worsened over the last decade.
The World Bank has warned that the country must reverse a trend of falling women's participation in jobs if it is to achieve its ambition of double-digit growth.
"Just consider, if India closes the labour force gender gap by half, your economy could grow by over $150 billion dollars in the next three years," Trump told the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
"I encourage everyone here today to come together, to learn from each other, and to find new ways to lift the barriers in our societies so that women are free to innovate."
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