Exercise Cobra Warrior (GS Paper 3, Defence)
Why in news?
- An Indian Air Force contingent comprising 145 Air Warriors is participating in Exercise Cobra Warrior at the Waddington Air Force Base of the Royal Air Force in United Kingdom.
- The exercise is scheduled from 06 Mar 23 to 24 Mar 23.
Aim:
- The aim of the exercise is to participate in diverse fighter aircraft engagements and learn from the best practices of various Air Forces.
About Exercise Cobra Warrior:
- The Exercise Cobra Warrior is a multilateral Air exercise in which Air Forces from Finland, Sweden, South Africa, United States of America and Singapore would also be participating alongside Royal Air Force and IAF.
- The IAF is participating in 2023 with five Mirage 2000 fighters, two C-17 Globemaster III and an IL-78 mid air refueller aircraft.
Kerala, UN Women sign pact to boost women-friendly activities in tourism
(GS Paper 2, International Organisation)
Why in news?
- Recently, the Kerala government entered into an agreement with the United Nations (UN) Women to boost women-friendly activities in the State's tourism sector.
- A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Kerala Tourism and UN Women India agreed to work towards promoting gender-inclusive tourism sites in the State.
Key Highlights:
- As per the pact inked at the first-ever Global Responsible Tourism Summit in Kumarakom, both parties will promote women-friendly tourism in Kerala.
- This will be done by creating modules and capacity-building of relevant stakeholders, besides providing advisory support for baseline research, implementing women-friendly tourist destinations and supporting interventions to change prevalent discriminatory social norms.
- The idea is to promote tourism with focus on women empowerment.
Implementation:
- It would be implemented by the Responsible Tourism Mission.
About UN Women:
- UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
- In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
- It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
- Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).
- International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
- Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI).
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
