An easily understandable ppt on women empowerment.

1. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Women’s empowerment can be defined to promoting
women’s sense of self-worth, their ability to determine
their own choices, and their right to influence social
change for themselves and others.
Process by which women gain power and
control over their own lives and acquire the
ability to make strategic choices.
Women’s empowerment and promoting
women’s rights have emerged as a part of a
major global movement and is continuing to
break new ground in recent years.
Women’s empowerment is an important goal in
achieving sustainable development worldwide.

2. Women’s empowerment has five components
 women’s sense of self-worth;
 their right to have and to determine choices;
 their right to have access to opportunities and
resources;
 their right to have power to control their own lives,
both within and outside the home;
 and their ability to influence the direction of social
change to create a more just social and economic
order, nationally and internationally.

3. THE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES
 Created in a collaboration between the UN Global Compact and UN Women,
the Women’s Empowerment Principles are used to empower women in the
marketplace, workplace and community.
 The seven Principles are:
 Principle 1: Create high-level corporate leadership for gender equality
 Principle 2: Treat all people fairly at work, respecting and supporting non-
discrimination and human rights
 Principle 3: Ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of all workers, whether male
or female
 Principle 4: Promote education, training and professional development for
women
 Principle 5: Implement supply chain, marketing practices and enterprise
development that empower women
 Principle 6: Champion equality through community initiatives and advocacy
 Principle 7: Measure and report publicly on progress to create gender equality

4. NEED FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Empowering women to participate fully in economic
life across all sectors is essential to build stronger
economies, achieve internationally agreed goals for
development and sustainability.
Empowering women is essential to the health and
social development of families, communities and
countries.

5. HOW WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CAN BE
ACHIEVED
 A key part of this empowerment is through
education. Girls who are educated can pursue
meaningful work and contribute to their country’s
economy later in life.
 The individuals and government must both come
together to make it happen.
 At the individual level, we should start respecting
women and start giving them opportunities equal to
men.
 Women must be given equal opportunities in every
field, irrespective of gender.
 We should promote and encourage them to take up
jobs, higher education, business activities, etc.

6. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
 The Government has come up with various schemes such as
 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
 One Stop Centre Scheme
 Women Helpline Scheme
 UJJAWALA : A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of
trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of
Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
 Working Women Hostel
 Ministry approves new projects under Ujjawala Scheme and
continues existing projects
 SWADHAR Greh (A Scheme for Women in Difficult
Circumstances)
 NARI SHAKTI PURASKAR
 Mahila police Volunteers
 Mahila Shakti Kendras (MSK)