The document outlines various issues faced by women in India from infancy to old age, including sex selective abortion, female infanticide, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and lack of political and economic empowerment. It then proposes several solutions to empower women such as establishing vocational training centers, providing cell phones and radio access, improving health and sanitation, introducing self-defense training in schools, and changing depictions of gender roles. The document argues that existing government policies are not effective in empowering women and that a more holistic approach is needed to address social, educational, health and safety issues.

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3. Pre birth
Infancy
ChildhoodAdolescence
Reproductive
Age
Sex selective abortion
Female
Infanticide
Neglect (health
care &
nutrition)
Child abuse , rape &
malnutrition , trafficking ,
forced labour in farmland
Honor killing,
Dowry killing , rape
Intimate partner
violence,
Sexual abuse,
Homicide,
Sex work,
Trafficking,
Sexual harassment ,
forced labour in
farmland
Forced prostitution,
rape, trafficking , forced
labour in farmland
Woman Life In Quick Sand

4. Realties of India at a glance
Crime rates against women
Political and Judicial Participation
• 8 in 74 members union council of
ministers.
• 2 among 26 judges in supreme court.
• 54 among 634 judges in high court.
• Of total members in parliament women
constitute only 10.9%.
 Women are most effected by crime in india.
 According to a report ,in 2011 43.4% of women were victims
of cruelty of their husbands and relatives.
 Of total women in india 10.6% were raped,15.6% were
abducted and 18.8% were molested(in every 34 min. one
woman is raped).
 Women victimised by sexual harrasment were3.7%(in every
42 min one woman is sexually harassed).
 Women forced to die because of unnecessary dowry
demands were 3.8%(in every 90 min. one woman is burnt to
death over dowry ).
Literacy Rate Of Women
Higher Education

5. • Every single reason why the women are the ones to suffer comes down to the patriarchal
society monster running amok.
• Be it the lack of education , health , nutrition, basic facilities, economic sustenance, security
issues, low self esteem or the right to decision making, all zero in to the monster named
above.
 Etymologically, the men & women lived in the Hunter-Gatherer society.
 Men hunted and women gathered food and other amenities. Till now no major problems.
 Later on with the advent of developments , men came to be the ones to plough the fields
and women were coined the child bearers and were supposed to look after the house and its
inmates. From here began the division of labour that was detrimental to their future.
 From that moment onwards it is a well accepted fact that the women are the dependent
sector. Thus in one way or the other the women are themselves responsible for being
deemed submissive and docile with appropriate augmentation by the male ego.
 Along with the patriarchal problems intra-gender brutality also has equal blame to take .
Even if certain women get some support from their male counterparts ,they have to accept
defeat in front of the other females who try to manacle them in the bonds of traditions .
 Problem of pedagogy originates from the male dominant society. Whatever behavior the
boys of a family watch their fathers administer to their mother and sisters is what they
assume to be apposite and emulate them.
 Economic instability – the next in the hierarchy of all the causes is also the reason of
women’s dependency on their male counterparts. Even in case of domestic violence she
never revolts as she is much too concerned about her children to play with their future
which could be easily spoiled in case of a split between their parents.

7.  “ROSHNI ” is a govt. monitored awareness group which is to be set up.
 It’s branches will be at village , block & district level respectively.
 In every branch there will be working committee .
 It’s work comprises of –
Basic level
education.
Vocational
training
Awareness
Which will comprise of simple mathematics
(addition , difference, etc) .
In this women will be given sewing crafts and
handicrafts training according to the need of the
regional area.
Making women aware on different fronts in life. Such
as health, intellect, education , self respect , etc.
This organization aims at employing all those women who
have been ostracized by the society and have nowhere to
earn a living along with girls who have passed their high
school and intermediate.
Generates
employbility

8.  Every Indian woman above eighteen years of age is to be provided with a basic mobile
phone(with inbuilt FM radio).
 These phones will be provided after one week of basic training regarding it’s operations. The
cellphone literacy will be rendered by the organization ROSHNI.
 All these above activities will be monitored by village panchayat and government school
teachers.
Complaint
platform
A special number that acts as a forum for registering complaints
regarding domestic violence and other such atrocities which the
women feel ashamed to discuss with the local police.
Health
Counseling
A virtual community of doctors who give medical advice on the
phone itself thus eradicating the hassle of finding and going to a
doctor.
Enhance
Safety
A module of an emergency call to be there in all these mobile
phones. Ex: pressing the menu button 4 times transfers the call to
a reliable person so that one can shout out one’s whereabouts
even when the phone keypad is locked!
Social
Connectivity
This would greatly help in enhancing social connectivity amongst
the women as well as with the relatives of these women. Thus in
case of any kind of emergency they can contact their allies.

9.  In every state woman radio station will be set up.
 These radio stations will be presenting programmes in regional languages.
 These programmes will be aimed at raising the status of women.
 Radio jockeys will comprise of both male & female.
 There will be contests organised by the other existing radio stations for the recruitment of the radio
jockeys
 Women can contact the radio jockeys through their mobile phones & participate in question – answer
hour session.
 Radio will be accessible through mobile phones which they are provided.
 In every state woman radio station will be set up.
 These radio stations will be presenting programmes in regional languages.
 These programmes will be aimed at raising the status of women.
 Radio jockeys will comprise of both male & female.
 There will be contests organised by the other existing radio stations for the recruitment of the radio
jockeys
 Women can contact the radio jockeys through their mobile phones & participate in question – answer
hour session.
 Radio will be accessible through mobile phones which they are provided.
Radio Station
Entrepreneurship
enhancement
Health &
Awareness
programmes
Increasing
dignity
Safety &
security
Counselling
programmes
Health
counselling
Counselling on
family violence
Security
counselling
WOMAN RADIO STATION
Counselling will be provided on toll free number

10.  Crime is omnipresent, the best savior for women is their own defenses.
 Self Defense to be added in the curriculum of all school & colleges as a
mandatory subject.
 Institutions that specialize in training girls on self defense ought to be
established.
 The course in this field should be given the epitaph of a recognized
degree.
 Provision of employment as instructors of the women who graduate
from these colleges to be made. They will be employed by the schools
and the colleges(including the specialized self defense colleges)
 Seminars and educational workshops to be held routinely in these
colleges to keep up the morale of its students and to instill in them the
confidence that they can fight.
ERADICATING CRIMES
 This policy is concerned with having an eye on heinous acts of aborting
girl child and trafficking of women.
 This policy will include the common man himself keeping a track of
unnecessary abortions of girl child and girls being thrown into brothels
for the rest of their life.
WORKING
• The person who exposes illicit aborting centers and doctors
involved in this act would be rewarded.
• The reward will be given only after the case goes through
standard judicial process and the verdict comes in his favor.
• If the claim is found to be fraudulent then there should also
be a penalty (lesser than the reward).

11. ECO-FEMME
 Objective-
o Providing reusable and affordable
sanitary napkins to women in rural
areas.
o These napkins are made up of soft
flannel cloth that can be easily
washed and reused for upto 5 years.
o The local women of the area given
basic tailoring skills for the stitching of
these pads.
o Addressing the issues of gender based
stereotypes associated with
menstruation.
Advantages-
o Improving sanitary conditions.
o Employment opportunities provided to
local women.
o Invigoration of self esteem and
confidence.
o Environment Friendly.
This is a women’s self help group
doing a great job in Auroville
(Tamil Nadu). We wish to see this
radicalization spread to the other
parts of the country as well .

12. Mentality Matters
Pictorial representations leave everlasting
marks on a person’s mind. Its frequently
noticed that the school text books depict
doctors, engineers, musicians, politicians etc. as
male figures.
Why not represent the involvement of females
in these fields as well ?
Images depicting both gender representations
will impose upon young boys and girls the
impression of an egalitarian work force and
encourage more girls to strive hard to qualify
for such jobs.
 Victims of rape , trafficking , prostitution
etc. ought not to be victimized by the
society and media. Their mental and
physical anguish should not be attenuated
by the volley of shame and tongue
clucking that comes complimentary.
 The women subjected to such heinous
crimes should be encouraged to disclose
their identities as they were no where
wrong and the only allegation ever proven
against them is that they were at the
wrong place at the wrong time or that
they were not “RESPECTABLY” dressed.
 One cannot change the mentality of
people who rape but we can assuage the
society to accept the girl. Ousting her will
neither solve the growing problem of
crimes nor benefit the girl and her family.
 For this before the commencement
of every television series in an hour
there should be a short film briefing
people about the power of thought
and mentality

13. SOLUTIONS:A COMPARITIVE STUDY
EXISTING GOVERNMENT POLICIES SOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY US
 Small defence camps are organised which do not
reach to most women and are also short
termed.Instructors in this field have no job
insurance.
 Various government organisations and policies
like sarva shiksha abhiyaan aim at providing
education and awareness but are not that
effective in their approach.
 There is no such provision for providing free cell
phones to all the women in India or a radio
frequency exclusively for the women.
 There are no provisions for healthy sanitary
conditions during menstruation.
 The school text books depict the involvement of
only men in all the conventional job
opportunities .
 The establishment of self defence colleges will
include a large no. of women and train them to
the fullest .The instructors have job insurance
and a degree.
 The organisation ROSHNI will recruit women
whose value has appparently devaluated in the
market place.it is also making women mobile
literate.
 The provision of equipping women with cell
phones and giving them a radio channel will give
them a sense of belonging and aid in their
upliftment.
 Eco femmey the self help group of Tamilnadu
should be encouraged all over the country for
the enforcement of healthy menstrual sanitary
conditions.
 Our proposal appeals to the government to
review their book illustrations to include both
the male and women for these conventional
occupations.

14. REFERENCES
a) NSSO
b) Frontline magazines.
I. Data Card(January 2013)
II. Many faces of gender inequality by Amartya Sen(2001)
c) Zenithsearch.org.in
d) The Hindu
e) Times of India
f) The Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women report.
g) National Commission for Women reports.
h) Disappearing Daughters by Gita Aravamudan.

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1. RAASHI AGARWAL 9005735656 raashi.agarwal93@gmail.com
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3. JYOTI SINGH 7376600480 jyoti.singh049@gmail.com
4. HIMANSHU TOMAR 8791551658 himtmr00@gmail.com
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