Gender Park

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurate India’s first “Gender Park” in Kerala. The 24-acre park will promote research and other initiatives to facilitate complete gender equality. The Department of Social Justice of the Kerala government in cooperation with academia and civil society has been instrumental in creating this common platform to address various gender issues.

A gender institute in the park would focus on learning, research and capacity development, as part of supporting the efforts of the state and central governments in ensuring an inclusive, discrimination free society. The institute would cover issues pertaining to all three genders as per the 2015 gender and transgender policies of the state government.

The complex has been christened as the “Thantedam Gender Park” and it has come up at Vellimadukunnu in Kerala’s Kozhikkode District. The foundation stone of the park was laid on March 8, 2013.

Muziris Heritage Project

President Pranab Mukherjee also inaugurated the Muziris Heritage Project at Kodungalloor. The project is implemented by the State Government with the support of the Central Government. The Muziris Heritage Project utilizes at a global level the possibilities of a region, which lost its glory centuries ago.

Kerala Tourism’s highly ambitious plan to bring the ancient 2000-year-old Spice Route back to life, has recently received support from UNESCO for helping the modern day travelers to traverse the path used by traders and explorers. President Mukherjee said that the ‘Spice Route Initiative’ will explore international connections and linkages that the Malabar Coast had with many parts of the world.