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| caption = Tirath in 2012 | | caption = Tirath in 2012 | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|3|3}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|3|3}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]] | ||
| residence = New Delhi | | residence = New Delhi | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = | ||
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| term_start1 = May 31, 2009 | | term_start1 = May 31, 2009 | ||
| term_end1 = May 26, 2014 | | term_end1 = May 26, 2014 | ||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (2019-present) <br/> (before 2015) | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] (2019-present) <br /> (before 2015) | ||
| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2015–2019) | | otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2015–2019) | ||
| spouse = Vijay Kumar | | spouse = Vijay Kumar | ||
| children = 3 daughters:<br/>Jigisha Tirath<br/>Kriti Tirath<br/>Yashvi Tirath | | children = 3 daughters:<br />Jigisha Tirath<br />Kriti Tirath<br />Yashvi Tirath | ||
| grand children = Harsh Singh<br/>Mauly Singh<br/>Yoshita Kumar<br/><Aniket Kumar<br/>Myra Kumar | | grand children = Harsh Singh<br />Mauly Singh<br />Yoshita Kumar<br /><Aniket Kumar<br />Myra Kumar | ||
| website = | | website = | ||
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Tirath has proposed that working Indian husbands pay a portion of their income to their wives. The goal is to calculate the value of housework, and to socially empower women for the work they do at home.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} | Tirath has proposed that working Indian husbands pay a portion of their income to their wives. The goal is to calculate the value of housework, and to socially empower women for the work they do at home.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} | ||
In a 2012 meeting with United States Secretary of Health and Human Services [[Kathleen Sebelius]], Tirath stated her concern for malnutrition among children in India. She emphasized the importance of agencies like Integrated Child Development Services for implementing improvements in education, immunization and supplementary nutrition, to alleviate child mortality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=84846|title=Press Information Bureau|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> | In a 2012 meeting with [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Kathleen Sebelius]], Tirath stated her concern for malnutrition among children in India. She emphasized the importance of agencies like Integrated Child Development Services for implementing improvements in education, immunization and supplementary nutrition, to alleviate child mortality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=84846|title=Press Information Bureau|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> | ||
==National Girl Child Day photograph== | ==National Girl Child Day photograph== | ||
On 24 January 2010 a photograph of former Pakistan Air Chief Marshal [[Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed]] in uniform appeared along with those of Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and Congress president [[Sonia Gandhi]] in a full-page newspaper advertisement (see External Links below) given by Ministry of Women and Child Development to mark the [[National Girl Child Day]]. Initially Mrs.Tirath refused to accept the error on behalf of her ministry, accused the media of hair-splitting, and stated, "[the] message is more important than the image. The photograph is only symbolic. The message for the girl child is more important. She should be protected."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/24/advt-goof-up-pmo-apologises-orders-probe.htm|title=Advt goof-up: PMO apologises, orders probe|website=Rediff}}</ref> She later apologised on behalf of her ministry for publishing a photograph of a former Pakistan Air Force chief in a government advertisement and said an inquiry will bring out who was responsible for it.<ref>{{Cite | On 24 January 2010 a photograph of former Pakistan Air Chief Marshal [[Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed]] in uniform appeared along with those of Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and Congress president [[Sonia Gandhi]] in a full-page newspaper advertisement (see External Links below) given by Ministry of Women and Child Development to mark the [[National Girl Child Day]]. Initially Mrs.Tirath refused to accept the error on behalf of her ministry, accused the media of hair-splitting, and stated, "[the] message is more important than the image. The photograph is only symbolic. The message for the girl child is more important. She should be protected."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/24/advt-goof-up-pmo-apologises-orders-probe.htm|title=Advt goof-up: PMO apologises, orders probe|website=Rediff}}</ref> She later apologised on behalf of her ministry for publishing a photograph of a former Pakistan Air Force chief in a government advertisement and said an inquiry will bring out who was responsible for it.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tirath-apologises-for-botched-up-ad-65711-2010-01-24|title=Tirath apologises for botched up ad|date=January 25, 2010 |magazine=India Today}}</ref> The former air marshal, upon learning of the publication, "..wasn't aware about this [and felt it was] an innocent mistake."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/483678_Former-PAF-chief-surprised-over-his-photo-in-Indian-govt-advertisement |title=Archived copy |website=www.ptinews.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128111007/http://www.ptinews.com/news/483678_Former-PAF-chief-surprised-over-his-photo-in-Indian-govt-advertisement |archive-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==Controversy over misuse of power== | ==Controversy over misuse of power== | ||
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi]] | [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi]] | ||
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]] | [[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]] | ||
[[Category:University | [[Category:Delhi University alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Delhi]] | [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Delhi]] | ||
[[Category:People from Central Delhi district]] | [[Category:People from Central Delhi district]] | ||