Women in India face many social issues that restrict their rights and safety. They lack equal legal, political, and socioeconomic rights compared to men. Several government initiatives have aimed to empower women through constitutional privileges, legal provisions against crimes like dowry deaths and domestic violence, and reserving political seats for women. However, social practices like son preference, dowry demands, and lack of security continue to endanger women and limit their freedom. Ensuring women's empowerment through education, financial independence, self-defense training, and community support can help address these issues and benefit society through increased literacy, gender equality, and overall development.
Land Rights of Women
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics
SNDT Women’s University, 1 Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020 Mobile-9321040048 Telephone-26770227 ® and 22052970
E mail: vibhuti.np@gmail.com
Women constitute of ½ of world’s population and do 2/3 of world’s work.
In return,
Women get 1/10th of world’s income and own 1/100th of world’s wealth.
-The United Nations
Women’s Right to Land has been major concern of the women’s movement in India for over three decades. Globally, women’s land rights are becoming an area of increasing urgency. In most societies, women have historically managed the unpaid care economy and fulfilled the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, family care, collection of fuel, fodder, water, kitchen gardening, poultry and animal husbandry and provided food and nutritional security. As women’s contribution to the economy and society at large remains unrecognised, largely underpaid and mostly unpaid, the need for women to be able to secure land and property has become even more critical.
Similar to the cross-cutting nature of women’s human rights issues, women’s land rights intersect with other problems such as discriminatory inheritance patterns, disinheritance thro’ wills, agriculture and development issues, use of forest-based resources, gender-based violence, the appropriation and privatization of communal and indigenous lands, as well as gendered control over economic resources and the right to work. The interdependence of women’s human rights highlights the importance of women being able to claim their rights to land, in order to lessen the threat of discrimination, different forms of violence, denial of political participation, and other violations of their economic rights.
Land Rights of Women
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics
SNDT Women’s University, 1 Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020 Mobile-9321040048 Telephone-26770227 ® and 22052970
E mail: vibhuti.np@gmail.com
Women constitute of ½ of world’s population and do 2/3 of world’s work.
In return,
Women get 1/10th of world’s income and own 1/100th of world’s wealth.
-The United Nations
Women’s Right to Land has been major concern of the women’s movement in India for over three decades. Globally, women’s land rights are becoming an area of increasing urgency. In most societies, women have historically managed the unpaid care economy and fulfilled the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, family care, collection of fuel, fodder, water, kitchen gardening, poultry and animal husbandry and provided food and nutritional security. As women’s contribution to the economy and society at large remains unrecognised, largely underpaid and mostly unpaid, the need for women to be able to secure land and property has become even more critical.
Similar to the cross-cutting nature of women’s human rights issues, women’s land rights intersect with other problems such as discriminatory inheritance patterns, disinheritance thro’ wills, agriculture and development issues, use of forest-based resources, gender-based violence, the appropriation and privatization of communal and indigenous lands, as well as gendered control over economic resources and the right to work. The interdependence of women’s human rights highlights the importance of women being able to claim their rights to land, in order to lessen the threat of discrimination, different forms of violence, denial of political participation, and other violations of their economic rights.
The Australian Government has committed to remaining a firm and persistent advocate and practical supporter of gender equality, and has identified gender equality as a critical cross-cutting theme across the aid program. Three of the ten development objectives of An Effective Aid Program for Australia specifically address gender equality and the empowerment of women.
These are:
empowering women to participate in the economy, leadership and education;
saving lives of poor women through provision of quality maternal health care services; and enabling more girls to attend school.
Gender equality is central to economic and human development and to supporting women’s rights. Equal opportunity for women and men supports economic growth and helps to reduce poverty. To deliver real results and improve the lives of women and men, their families, and their communities,
Australia will organise the work on gender equality and women’s empowerment around four pillars:
1. Advancing equal access to gender-responsive health and education services.
2. Increasing women’s voice in decision-making, leadership, and peace-building.
3. Empowering women economically and improving their livelihood security.
4. Ending violence against women and girls at home, in their communities, and in disaster and conflict situations.
Australia will continue to invest strongly in improving gender equality across the aid program with a focus on what works, is effective aid and achieves results. This will include a more strategic and targeted focus in the areas where progress has been slow: women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership, and ending violence against women. We expect the highest levels of expenditure in countries with the most severe gender gaps and constraints, including fragile states and conflict-affected countries.
Gender equality and women's empowerment Grupo Areté
Asignatura: Historia de los países de habla inglesa / History of english-speaking countries.
✏ Título: Gender equality and women's empowerment
#ODS 5: Igualdad de género / #SDG 5: Gender equality
By: Lidia Ramírez López
Women Empowerment, as perceived by many is just a vague concept with no definitive background or legal backing; however, in reality it is a duly noted agenda and initiative of the United Nations. The Secretariat of the UN has prepared a legal document relating to Guidelines on Women Empowerment which takes into account its Background, Definition, Strategy and Areas for Action.
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# GenderSchoolandSociety
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The Australian Government has committed to remaining a firm and persistent advocate and practical supporter of gender equality, and has identified gender equality as a critical cross-cutting theme across the aid program. Three of the ten development objectives of An Effective Aid Program for Australia specifically address gender equality and the empowerment of women.
These are:
empowering women to participate in the economy, leadership and education;
saving lives of poor women through provision of quality maternal health care services; and enabling more girls to attend school.
Gender equality is central to economic and human development and to supporting women’s rights. Equal opportunity for women and men supports economic growth and helps to reduce poverty. To deliver real results and improve the lives of women and men, their families, and their communities,
Australia will organise the work on gender equality and women’s empowerment around four pillars:
1. Advancing equal access to gender-responsive health and education services.
2. Increasing women’s voice in decision-making, leadership, and peace-building.
3. Empowering women economically and improving their livelihood security.
4. Ending violence against women and girls at home, in their communities, and in disaster and conflict situations.
Australia will continue to invest strongly in improving gender equality across the aid program with a focus on what works, is effective aid and achieves results. This will include a more strategic and targeted focus in the areas where progress has been slow: women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership, and ending violence against women. We expect the highest levels of expenditure in countries with the most severe gender gaps and constraints, including fragile states and conflict-affected countries.
Gender equality and women's empowerment Grupo Areté
Asignatura: Historia de los países de habla inglesa / History of english-speaking countries.
✏ Título: Gender equality and women's empowerment
#ODS 5: Igualdad de género / #SDG 5: Gender equality
By: Lidia Ramírez López
Women Empowerment, as perceived by many is just a vague concept with no definitive background or legal backing; however, in reality it is a duly noted agenda and initiative of the United Nations. The Secretariat of the UN has prepared a legal document relating to Guidelines on Women Empowerment which takes into account its Background, Definition, Strategy and Areas for Action.
#Gender Equaltiy
# GenderSchoolandSociety
Gender Equality a very important topic of Gender School and Society by Dr Krishan Kant. this PPT covers all aspects of Gender Equality in easy language. a very useful topic for budding teachers & teacher educators.
Here is a power point of all our research about religious diversities. We also deal with how religion can influence one's identity and life, as well as how religious diversities lead to conflict.
The initial role of dowry was to financially provide for the bride because she was moving into a joint family with the groom.
Women were not allowed to work and earn a living outside of the home, so dowry was suppose to serve as her income and her contribution to the home.
Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. It can also point to approaches regarding other trivialized genders in a particular political or social context. Women's economic empowerment refers to the ability for women to enjoy their rights to control and benefit from resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage risk and improve their economic status and well being. While often interchangeably used, the more comprehensive concept of gender empowerment refers to people of any gender, stressing the distinction between biological sex and gender as a role. It thereby also refers to other marginalized genders in a particular political or social context.
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In this modern era of socio-economic development, promoting and developing social entrepreneurship by both men and women will only strengthen economy of any country. Why women empowerment is more focused than men is because it is one way to get the underprivileged as well reasonably privileged women to come to realize their skills, worth and potential in this male dominated society. Although things have changed recently, as most women through education and family support have realized their potential and have accomplished their dreams. Current situation of life changing the pattern for living and society can change the rituals, style, living standard according situation what the people do. Women is the integral part of society as playing role of mother, teacher sister, wife and social worker. Women always ready to work equal with men but sometimes men are not ready to work with her. Give respect and rewards for her sacrifices and taking care of all. Women, who make up half of the world population, have benefited more than men from the progress in economic and social development in the last three decades (UNECE, 2012).
it is a powerpoint presentation on woman empowerment. in which every thing by which woman are deprived, and how to empower woman and some posite and motivating stories of woman who empower themselves...
In this upload, you can refer all the topics related to the women empowerment.
Definition of women empowerment
various principles in women empowerment
Necessity of women empowerment
The process of women empowerment
NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001)
Laws Related to Women
Necessity of women reservation:
A SIMPLE QUOTATION ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
detailed NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001) is mentioned in the presentation
1. Inspiring women to live
in prosperity……..
FROM-
U.I.E.T.
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY
KURUKSHETRA
HARYANA
2. RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
• The rights
claimed for
women, equal
to those of
men, with
respect to
suffrage,
property,
employment,
Socioeconomic,
political, and
legal rights .
Women
equality
• Safety
involves
safe spaces,
involves
financial
security and
autonomy.
• Women’s
safety means
a safer,
healthier
community
for
everyone.
Women
safety
• Empowerment is
associated with
indirect indicators
like Education and
work participation
of women, and
direct indicators
of female autonomy
such as decision-
making, mobility
and access to
economic resources
that can be viewed
both as an outcome
and a process.
Women
empowerment
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
3. What government has done for women?
Constitutional
Privileges
Equality before law for women
(Article 14)
Not less than one- third of the
total number of offices of
Chairpersons in the Panchayats
at each level to be reserved for
women (Article 243 D (4))
To renounce practices
derogatory to the dignity of
women (Article 51(A) (e))
The State to direct its policy
towards securing for men and
women equally the right for equal
pay for equal work (Article 39(d))
Legal Provision
The Crimes Identified Under the Indian
Penal Code (IPC):-
1.Rape (Sec. 376 IPC)
2.Homicide for Dowry, Dowry Deaths or their
attempts (Sec. 302/304-B IPC)
The Crimes identified under the Special
Laws (SLL)
1.Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
2.Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
3.The Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act, 2005
4. SPECIAL INITIATIVES FOR WOMEN
National Commission for Women
• The objective of the NCW is to represent the rights of women in India and to
provide a voice for their issues and concerns. The subjects of their campaigns
have included dowry, politics, religion, equal representation for women in
jobs, and the exploitation of women for labour.
Reservation for Women in Local Self -Government
• The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Acts passed in 1992 by Parliament ensure
one-third of the total seats for women in all elected offices in local bodies
whether in rural areas or urban areas.
National Plan of Action for the Girl Child (1991-2000)
• The plan of Action is to ensure survival, protection and development of the girl
child with the ultimate objective of building up a better future for the girl child.
National Policy for the Empowerment of Women, 2001
The goal of this policy is to bring about the advancement, development and
empowerment of women.
5. Steps of the women are stop by the society because
Women
feet are
bound
because of
Cruelty by
husband and
relatives
Demand of
dowry
Fear of
Kidnapping &
abduction
Fear of rapeFemale
infanticides
and sex
selective
abortions
Immoral
traffic
Sexual
harassment
Prostitution
6. Which cases are binding the feet of women?
DOWRY
• Customs influence the way people dress, eat, and in general
behave; they may take on the force of moral or statute
laws.“Many people give and take dowry only because their
parents and ancestors had been practicing it.”
RAPE CASES
• A lack of public safety: Women generally aren’t protected outside their
homes. The gang rape occurred in public places, and even Indian
authorities.
• A sluggish court system: Due to poor judiciary system no one has fear of
punishment of their crime.
FEMALE INFANTICIDE & SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
• Son-preference in Hindu cultures is largely based on the fact that men
are better providers, and that sons are required for the proper
performance of funeral rites
• As today’s world demands dowry due to this reason girl child is
consider as the burden by the parents.
7. Prostitution
• In India most of the families are BPL , to complete the needs of her family a
girl in our country has entered in this field, she has started doing work in
bars , night clubs etc
• Mainly girls are kidnapped and sold at international level at high prices for
prostitution in high societies
Immoral Traffic
• Increased demand of women (i.e. Teenage girls ) on the international level
• Gender-biased social practices has led parents to be persuaded by
traffickers under false pretexts of marriage without dowry.
Domestic Violence
• Cultural and household stress factors contribute to the prevalence of
domestic violence.
• Dowry from the girl side increases the expectations of her in-laws from her
and also the birth of boy child (i.e. Vanashaj ) by her, when these demands
are not fulfilled this results in domestic violence from her in-laws.
8. What can be done by us?
Establish high-level
corporate leadership
for gender equality.
Treat all women and men
fairly at work – respect
and support human rights
and nondiscrimination.
Ensure the health,
safety and well-being
of all women workers.
• Ensure that all policies are
gender-sensitive –
identifying factors that
impact women and men
differently – and that
corporate culture advances
equality and inclusion.
• Pay equal remuneration,
including benefits, for
work of equal value and
strive to pay a living wage
to all women and men.
• The safety of women while
travelling to and from work and
company-related business.
• Strive to offer health insurance
or other needed services –
including for survivors of
domestic violence.
9. Promote equality
through community
initiatives and advocacy
Measure and publicly
report on progress to
achieve gender equality.
Starting of women
helpline centre
Training a women to
protect
herself in any situation
• Promote and recognize
women’s leadership in, and
contributions to, their
communities and ensure
sufficient representation of
women in any community
consultation.
• Measure and report on
progress, both internally
and externally, using data
disaggregated by gender.
• This helps the women to
get justice against the
violence.
10. Benefits to society
if women is safe &
empowered
EDUCATED
WOMEM
CONFIDENT
WOMEN
EDUCATED
FAMILY
HELP
FINANCIALY &
SOCIALY
INCREASES IN
LITERACY RATE
&FINANCIAL
CONDITIONS
DEVELOPED
COUNTRY
SELF DEFENCE
SAFETY TO
WOMEN
LESS VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
DECREASED
CRIME RATE
SAFER SOCIETY
FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT SAFETY
RISE IN
STANDARD OF
WOMEN
INDUSTRIAL &
FINANCIAL
DEVOLPMENT
SOCIAL
DELOPMENT
INCREASE IN
LITERACY
GENDER
EQUALITY
INCREASED
COUNTRY IS
DEVELOPED
11. WALK TO EQUALITY:-
•By gender equality, we mean equality between women and men, girls and boys in all
aspects of life including education, health, nutrition, access to economic assets and
resources, political opportunity and freedom from coercion and violence.3 To achieve
gender equality, progress must be made across all of these areas.
ENSURING SAFETY:-
•Empowerment of woman is very necessary aspect in every field of life as well as in every
aspect of country ….Today the empowerment is the thing which can help house as well as
industry.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:-
•Empowerment by itself may not place women on an equal footing with men. The
greatest need of the hour is change of social attitude to women.
•Women empowerment can help in the progress and development of society but the
thing is that for this woman need support of the family and her up coming relations. If
the women will be supported in fulfilling her goals so in this way she can be proved more
useful member of the society.
12. REFERENCES
• National Crime Records Bureau, Crime
in INDIA 2011 statistics
• Ankita R.Brahmbhatt, Dr.Pinakin Sheth
,The role of NGOS in empowering
women-An emperical study of the
selected NGOS of INDIA
• SWAYAM- Ending Violence Against
Women
• Sharon Smee and Jessica Woodroffe ,
Achieving Gender Equality and
Women’s Empowerment in the Post-
2015 Framework (January 2013)
• Darren and Beth Laur, Top 10 Safety
Tips for Women
• UN Population Division, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population
Fund (UNFPA)
• Ware.Newaz, Impact of NGO credit
programs on the empowerment of
Rural Women in Bangladesh