This Presentation is all about Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. All the Government steps and all the major problems faced by women are in this presentation.

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

21. CONCLUSION!
AND
RECOMMENDA
TIONS

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

24. ENCOURAGEMENT : Self
independence

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!