{"id":37646,"date":"2026-03-24T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/37646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:12:09","slug":"grassroots-development-in-india-highlighted-at-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/37646\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots development in India highlighted at UN Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): At the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Hansraj Singh, Strategic &amp; Partnership Officer of Sambhali Trust, underscored India&#8217;s growing impact in advancing human rights through grassroots initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering an oral statement, Hansraj welcomed the adoption of outcomes under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), describing it as a crucial platform for fostering dialogue, cooperation, and inclusive progress among nations.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting India&#8217;s efforts, Singh pointed to the country&#8217;s expanding focus on education, women&#8217;s empowerment, and skill development at the community level. He noted that locally driven initiatives &#8212; particularly in vocational training and women&#8217;s empowerment &#8212; are generating sustainable livelihoods and enabling long-term social transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from the work of Sambhali Trust, he emphasized that India&#8217;s community-based models demonstrate how global human rights commitments can be translated into tangible action on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>These initiatives, he said, are playing a vital role in building inclusive societies by improving access to education, dignity, and economic independence.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for stronger collaboration between governments and civil society, along with continued knowledge sharing and capacity-building efforts to amplify the global impact of human rights programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming the organization&#8217;s commitment, Singh stated that Sambhali Trust will continue to work towards inclusive and sustainable development, with India emerging as a strong example of grassroots-driven progress on the global stage. (ANI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): At the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1062,22080,5643,65,22082,22081,15189,3693,19237,3138],"class_list":["post-37646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-education","tag-efforts","tag-empowerment","tag-geneva","tag-grassroots","tag-hansraj","tag-impact","tag-nations","tag-rights","tag-sustainable"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116283385072710985","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}