WOMEN RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

1. Step towards gender equality

3.  Strengthening women in terms of economical,
social, spiritual and political strength and
making them confident and independent
 Increasing opportunities
 Safety and security
 Respect and dignity

4.  Early Vedic period – equal rights
 After 500 BC – deterioration
 Medieval period – worsened
 Sati
 Child marriage
 Dowry
 Marriage with aged men
 Slavery

5.  Education
 Equal property rights
 Abolition of anti women activities through
laws and acts – dowry, rape and sexual
abuse, girl trafficking, feticide, sex detection
 Social reformers

6.  Major work force in –
 Health sector
 Teachers
 Airline industry
 Fashion industry
 Civil services
 Judiciary
 Management jobs, corporates
 Major labour force in agriculture and industry
 Sports
 Defence, Politics

8.  AS A MOTHER – 9 months carry the baby and
later whole life
 Wife, sister, daughter
 Women lead to family development -
community development
 Country and society progress

10.  Female infanticide
 Sexual crimes and harassment
 Work place harassment
 Restrictions
 Crime against women are increasing
 Acid attacks
 Domestic violence
 Girl trafficking

12.  Not only Govt…society and families have to
act
 Self defence at school level
 Women right awareness
 Aware and educate our boys to respect
women
 Mobile safety apps, pepper sprays
 Community education
 Internet – social networking sites
 RURAL, TRIBAL, BACKWARD INACCESSIBLE
AREAS

13.  Easy availability of credit/ finance to women
 Tax incentives
 Creches at work place
 Home for aged women
 Women health needs – ante natal, post natal,
cancer detection, menstruation related
 Women nutrition
 Toilets and sanitation
 Use of smokeless chullas, prevent passive
smoking

14.  Women cell in police stations
 Mahila courts
 Pink taxis
 Women only buses
 Easy loans
 Self employment schemes
 Strengthening women in panchayats/
parliament
 More sports initiatives