New Delhi, July 3 (TIWN) Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Delhi's Kalkaji constituency, Atishi has claimed that for the last few years the Delhi government has been working to empower women, providing them easy access to public healthcare, education and transportation.

During an international event, 'feminist municipal movement' recently, she emphasised on how through investing in public education, healthcare and transportation, the Delhi government has been working on empowering women.     During her address, Atishi stated that for the last six years the Delhi government has been spending around 25 per cent of its total budget on education and around 17 per cent on health infrastructure.  "There has been a tendency that only private schools can provide quality education, which the Delhi government has tried to change and in the last six years, with systematic investment in the infrastructure of schools, the public education system has improved a lot. The transformation has been such that the public schools are outperforming the private schools for the last four years in the national capital," Atishi said.