Women EMPOWERMENT #COMMUNITYHEALTHNURSING

1. Community Health Nursing II
CLASS PRESENTATION
ON:
Presented By: NANCY MAURYA
WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT

2. Population control can be achieved by
overall development of women.
It means women needs to be empowered
and they should be developed Socially ,
Economically and Educationally so as to
decide and take appropriate measures to
have small size family, which in turn reduces
the population and achieve population
control.
INTRODUCTION

4. DEFINITION
Empowerment is the process of increasing
the authority and responsibility of
individual or groups to make choices & to
transform those choices into desired
actions and outcomes .

5. According to Arrow (1995) , Women
Empowerment is the process by which
women strengthens their capacity
individually and collectively to identify,
understand and overcome gender
discrimination , thus taking control of
their lives.
* Women empowerment is essential so
that women can achieve control and
participate in decision making related
to their health matters

6. POPULATION
 Population of India in 2021 was
1,393,409,038
 In 2021 female population in India
was 669 million.
 India sex ratio stands that 1020
females per 1,000 males.

7. WAYS OF WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
Women empowerment can be achieved by :
 Changing policy and programmes of actions
and directing these policies and programmes that
will improve women's access to secure livelihood
and economic resources.
 Improving the status of women also enhances
the decision making capacity at all levels in all
spheres of life.

8.  The full participation of women is required
in productive and reproductive life.
 The women need to be empowered &
developed socially, educationally &
economically in order to achieve
empowerment among them.

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11. PRINCIPLES OF
WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
 Establish high level corporate leadership for
gender equality
 Treat all women and men fairly at work, respect
and support human rights and non-discrimination
 Ensure the health safety and well being of all
women and men workers

12.  Promote education, learning and
professional development for women
 Implement enterprise development,
supply chain & marketing practices that
empower women
 Promote equality through community
initiatives and advocacy
 Measure and public report on
progress to achieve gender equality

14.  Social development means raising the status of
women in society.
 Women in male dominating society i.e.,
patriarchal form of society do not get the same
status as men especially in decision making .
 As a result, they are facing threats to their lives ,
health and well- being. they are overburdened with
work & lack of power and influence.

15. SOCIAL
LEGISLATION
Social Legislation has brought a change by
developing women socially. Nowadays, if women
are compared with the women of earlier ages ,
they are having more privileges.

17. Certain social legislation include:
 In 1950 , New constitution of India
accorded equal rights to women. All women
now enjoy equal political rights with men.
they have the right to hold public offices
and have the right to vote.
 In 1955, Hindu marriage act and divorce
act has removed several disabilities. no
Hindu can marry second time unless wife or
husband is dead or divorced .

18.  In 1976, the equal remuneration act
provide equal payment of remuneration to
men & women workers.
 In 1978, the child marriage restraint
amendment act has raised the marriage of
girls from 15 to 18 years, for boys to 18 to
21 years.

19. * All legislative measures help in bringing
awareness among women and removing
social prejudice and inequalities ; thereby
bringing social development.

20. Women need to be educationally
developed. It has been seen that
women receive less formal
education than men and at the
same time women's own
knowledge, abilities and coping
mechanisms often go and
unrecognized.

23. • Educational and social development will
bring a change in economic condition of the
women.
• Women can be empowered economically
by:

24. O
> Implementing Income
Generating Schemes:
 By these schemes, Rural and poor
women come together and develop an
understanding of their problems and fulfill
their needs.
 Technical information is imparted and
strategies to plan action towards
development and against injustice .

25.  Vocational courses for women
 Opening of women polytechnics
 Rehabilitation of women by providing
vocational training cum employment and
residential care to old widow's & deserted
women.

26. > Promotion Of Small
Family Norms
 Population control can be achieved by
promoting small family norms .
 The difference in family size can make
a tremendous difference in birth rate.
 The small family norms is the objective
of family programme. This is to achieve
control over countries population.

27.  Three child family model
" sons or daughter- two will do" or
"second child after three years"

29.  In 2000, the government of India
adopted a national policy for the
empowerment of women.
 This was to bring about genders justice
.. women

30. Aims of Policy
 Women equality in power sharing and
active participation in decision making.
 Comprehensive economic and social
empowerment of women.
 The advancement, development and
empowerment of women in all spheres of
life.

31.  Strengthening & formation of
relevant institutional mechanisms
 Partnership with community-
based programmes
 More responsive judicial legal
systems that are sensitive to
women's need.

33.  Tenth five year plan (2002 – 2007) is
concerned towards promotion of gender
equality and empowering women which
includes social empowerment, economic
empowerment and gender injustice.
 Gender injustice eliminate all forms of
gender discrimination.

34.  Under 12 five year plan (2012 to 2017 )
measures for women empowerment
includes:
i. Economic empowerment
ii. Women’s participation in governance
iii. Enabling legislations
iv. Inclusiveness of all categories of
vulnerable