2. “Women in India ,a better half of Indian society, today are
becoming the most vulnerable section as far as their safety and
security is concerned . When we turn the page of a newspaper
,we come across many headlines reporting cases of sexual
assault , molestation , sexual harassment, rapes, trafficking ill
treatment of women in houses violence against women in
remote areas etc.. This certainly implies that there has been an
increasing trend of such sexual overdrives in present
generation.
Still our better halves are unsafe and unsecure towards the
realization of freedom and liberty. It’s unbearable to imagine
the plight of women who are sufferers of such crimes. It’s a
jolt on the confidence of the women. Besides it has much of
cascading which affects her life.
3. Reflecting into the “Vedas Puranas” of Indian culture women is
being worshipped 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 need
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 access to them.
Ironically, women have not actively participated in their own
emancipation mainly due to low economic independence.
With their age, they have been raped, kicked, killed, subdued
and humiliated almost daily.
4. What is it ??
It is the process and the
outcome of the process, by
which women challenge
gender – based discrimination
against women/men in all the
institutions and structures of
society.
5. Why it’s needed…
“women were worshipped as goddess in INDIA,
But not given her true position”
The main problem faced by women are :
• Gender discrimination
• Women education
• Female infanticide
• Dowry
• Marriage in same caste and child marriage
• Atrocities on women: with their age, they have been raped , kicked,
killed, subdued and humiliated almost daily.
6.
7. What are the main
problems• Lack of education
• Financial constraint
• Low mobility
• Low ability to bear risk.
• Low need for achievement.
• Social status
• Family responsibility.
.
8. • Nearly 60% of the girls are marries 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..
9. • In China suicidal rate are higher in case of
women.
• Status of Japanese working women in
dilemma
• Asian American women in the whirlpool of
depression.
• Women‘s life at risk because of acid attacks in
Ethiopia.
10. • 37% women victims of domestic violence :
NFH survey.
• Almost half of Indian women have not heard
of AIDS
• Married women, children most anemic in
India .
• Women are killed in China to become brides
of dead men.
11. Gender Inequality
One of the cause of women insecurity is gender
inequality.
India in spite of several gender oriented policies still has
many gender related problems. Sen.(2005, p.224-237)
examines the gender inequality under the classification
that comprises :
Survival Inequality- This character refers to the
chance of survival of women in comparison to man.
The Indian female-male ratio was at 0.93. As a matter
of comparison, Sub Saharan Africa stands with 1.022.
12. Natality Inequality- Refers to the “ sex
specific” abortions, i.e. abortions undergone
by parents who prefer male babies. This
phenomenon leads to the creation of the
concept of “missing women”. Raising the
evidence of sex selective abortions.
Unequal Facilities- Measures the access to
school, social participation, employment
access, or the opportunities to women to
enter politics or commerce.
13. Unequal sharing of household benefits and
chores- The accumulation of tasks by women
which are in many cases considered responsible for
house work and child care. Even if they have equal
access to work it is taken for granted, in some
societies that women are responsible to housework.
Domestic violence and physical victimization
Assault on women such as rape. This feature is high
even in developed countries. In Indian case, there
are still problems related to dowry issues and a high
level of violence against women.
14. Let’ s take them out of the darkness of life ..
Individual efforts are
appreciable,
but not sufficient.
15. ..Welfare schemes for women
in.. ..India..
• Mother and child tracking system(MCTS)
• The Indhira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog
Yojana conditional maternity Benefit Plan.
• Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of
Adolescent Girls.
• Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
16. • Priyadarshini
• Schemes for Economic Empowerment of Poor
Women.
• Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
• Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana
17. ..Ways To Empower
Women..• Changes in women’s mobility and social
interaction.
• Changes in women’s labour patterns.
• Changes in women’s access to and control over
resources.
• Changes in women’s control over decision-
making.
18. Social Empowerment
• Political empowerment of women is only
a part of the overall mainstreaming of
women.
• Education of women means greater
awareness of their role in society.
• Awareness of their rights, better
knowledge of housekeeping and better
performance of their roles as a housewife
and mother.
19. • Education and training have opened up the
avenues of employment and self-
employment in the organized sector. As
never before women are working in diverse
fields as doctors, engineers, IAS officers, IPS
officers, bank officials and in a wide range of
sectors in the unorganized sectors. In
agriculture, most of the operations are run
by women.
20. Role Of Government
• The department of women and the Child
Development ha been implementing special
programmes for the holistic development and
empowerment of women with major focus to
improve their socio- economic status. There
has been policy shifts from time to time based
on the shift in emphasis.
• The year 2001 was declared as “women’s
Empowerment Year” to bring greater focus on
the programmes for women.
21. • A programme of support to training-cup
Employment for women (STEP) was launched
in 1987 to strengthen and improve the skill for
employment opportunities for women below
the poverty line, in traditional sectors of
agriculture, small animal husbandry etc where
women are employed on a large scale.
• Swayamsidha launched in March 2001 and the
Swa-Shakti Project (earlier known as rural
Women’s Development and Empowerment
Project), launched in October 1998).
22. “Women represent half the world’s population, and
gender inequality exists in every nation on the planet.
Until women are given the same opportunities that
men are, entire societies will be destined to perform
below their true potentials. The greatest need of the
hour is change of social attitude to women…”
