Women Empowerment
- 1. GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- 2. •DEFINITION AND MEANING •NEED OF EMPOWERMENT •EXISTING PROBLEMS •EFFORTS MADE TO INDEX
- 3. DEFINITION “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY REFERS TO INCREASING THE SPIRITUAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF WOMEN. IT OFTEN INVOLVES THE EMPOWERED
- 4. MEANING THE CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN WHERE THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS OF THEIR OWN FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEFITS AS WELL AS FOR THE SOCIETY.
- 5. NEED OF EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY• Reflecting into the “Vedas purana” of Indian culture, woman is being worshiped such as LAXMI MAA, goddess of wealth; SARASWATI MAA, for wisdom; DURGA MAA, for power. • The status of women in India, particularly in rural areas needs to address the issues of empowering women. • Leaving a major number of urban and suburban women, the Indian women are still crying for simple justice. Which is not even allowed to have been accessed to them.
- 6. • About 66% of the female population in rural area is unutilized. This is mainly due to existing social customs. • In agriculture & animal care the women contribute 90% of the total work force. • Women constitute almost half of the population, perform nearly • 2/3rd of its work hours, receive 1/10th of the world’s income & own less than 1/100th of the world property. • Among the world’s 900 million illiterate people, women out number men two to one. • 70% of people living in poverty are women.
- 7. • The male child perceived as an asset for the landless rural laborer, a dowry earner for a greedy middle class family and a simple matter of pride for the mother. • The existing studies show that the women are relatively less healthy than men even though, they belong to same class. They constitute less than 1/7th of the administrators & managers in developing countries.
- 9. EXISTING PROBLEMS THE MAIN PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN IN PAST AND PRESENT : • Gender discrimination • Educational problems • Problem related with health • Lack of unity • Dowry • Marriage in same caste and child marriage.
- 10. • Society • Low confidence • Poverty and Ignorance • Traditional barriers • Atrocities on women: With their age, they have been raped, kicked, killed, subdued & humiliated almost daily
- 11. LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS : • The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act,1886. • The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. • The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987. • National Commission for Women Act, 1990 • Protection from Domestic Violence Bill, 2002 • Sexual Harassment of women at the
- 12. SOME GLOBAL EYE OPENER FACTS : • China: Suicidal rates are higher in case of women • Status of Japanese working women in dilemma • The Deafening Silence: Asian American women in the whirlpool of depression. • Women’s life at risk because of acid attacks in Ethiopia.
- 13. SOME INDIAN EYE OPENER FACTS : • 60 % of the Girls are married before the age of 16 • Nearly 60% of the married girls bear children before they are 18 • 125,000 women die from pregnancy and related causes every year • Maternal mortality in India is the 2nd highest in the world • 37% women victims of domestic violence: NFH survey
- 14. THE INDIAN EFFORTS FOR THIS BURNING ISSUE: TO BRING BACK THE DIGNITY AND GLORY OF WOMEN. SOME OF THE ENACTMENTS ARE: • Act prohibiting the practice of sati (in 1850) • Cast disabilities removal act, 1850 • The Hindu widow remarriage act, 1856 • The special marriage act III of 1872 • The married women’s property act, 1874 • The child marriage act, 1929 • The Hindu gains of earning act, 1930 • The Hindu women’s right to property, 1937 • The Christian marriage act, 1872 • The Parsee marriage and divorce act, 1936 • The dissolution of the Muslim marriage act 1939
- 15. INDIAN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS : • MINISTRY FOR WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT • Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme • Short Stay Home For Women and Girls (SSH) • Mid Day Meal • Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) or SABLA • STEP (Support to Training and Employment Program for Women) • Kishori Shakti Yogana
- 16. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN This commission has around 15 major ministries of Indian government as its partner. There are number of schemes running under the women empowerment mission we will discuss the major schemes here: • Poverty Alleviation and Economic Empowerment of Women • Schemes of Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying Fisheries • Scheme on Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture • Scheme on Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post harvest Operations • Scheme on Fisheries Training and Extension
- 17. • Capacity Building to enhance Competitiveness of Indian Agriculture and Registration of Organic Products • Technology Development and Transfer for Promotion of Horticulture • Marketing Assistance Scheme • Scheme of Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development • Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) • Performance & Credit Rating Scheme for Small Industries • Entrepreneurship Development Institutions (EDIs) Scheme • Development of Commercial Horticulture through Production and Post-Harvest Management
- 18. SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION • Elementary Education • Secondary Education • Adult Education • Higher and Technical Education • Nutrition Education and Extension • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- 19. EMPOWERMENT WOMEN IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES • Schemes of National Scheduled Tribes Finance and development Corporation (NSTFDC) • Integrated Child Development Scheme • Integrated Child Protection Scheme • Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) • Swadhar
- 20. HEALTH & NUTRITION • Integrated Child Development Scheme • Reproductive & Child Health Program, Ph.II (RCH II) • National Rural Health Mission • Janani Suraksha Yojana • Integrated Child Protection Scheme • Food Security Mission • National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program (NIDDCP) • Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
- 22. PATHWAYS OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY : EDUCATION : Educating a male means educating a individual but educating a female educating a Family.
- 23. AWARENESS : Government, NGO’s
- 25. UNITY : Faith
- 26. PARTICIPATION : In different fields
- 27. RESERVATION : Platform to show talent
- 28. LET’S TAKE THEM OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF LIFE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS ARE APPRECIABLE, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT.
- 29. THANK YOU!