The document discusses women's welfare in India. It notes that a national committee was formed in 1971 to examine legal and administrative provisions impacting women's social status, education, and employment over the previous 20 years. The committee found that social changes affected different groups of women differently. Large numbers of women remained unaffected by constitutional rights and laws enacted since independence. The document outlines problems faced by women like illiteracy, poverty, domestic violence, and lack of health care. It discusses policies and programs established by the government to promote women's empowerment and development, such as reservations in local governments, the National Policy for Women's Empowerment, and health programs. More still needs to be done to ensure legal and social empowerment of

1. Women welfare
Presented by:
Prof. Rahul Mahida
Subject:-Introduction to fields of social work-I

2. Women welfare
• A national committee on the status of women was appointed in 1971.
• It was to examine the constitutional,legal,and administrative provisions that have bearing on
the social status of women, their education and employment.
• The impact of these provision on the status of women during past 20 years or so are
considered effective programme for improvement.
• The committee pointed out that the processes of social changes have affected different
section of women in different ways and so no generalizations can be made.
• The committee also observed that this subject covers a wide perspective, including all the
important aspects affecting the life of women.
• Our investigation revealed that large masses of women in this country have remained
unaffected by the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution and the laws enacted since
independence.
• Our recommendations are made primarily with a view of making these rights more real and
meaningful.

3. NEED FOR WOMEN WELFARE
• The world depends on women for existence.
• Its necessary for children to be bought up in a suitable environment
for they are the future of the nation.
• Over the time they have been the most suppressed section of the
society.
WOMEN- SOURCE OF EXISTENCE
• “Women”, the entire world is dependent on them for its existence.
• Women who is called as ‘jannani’ in Vedas means the birth giver the
mother of life all this sounds great and these words used for her
clearly depicts that she is the one who is to be given the highest
respect in the society, but the truth lies somewhere really far from
this statement.

4. Objective of women Welfare
• Women and children are the soft targets.
• They are the victims of capitalism, development & environment.
• They suffer in a number of ways because they are:
• Weaker
• Helpless
• Economically dependent etc.
• Illiteracy
• Wide Gender Discretion

5. Problems faced by women
• Illiteracy
• Poverty
• Domestic Violence
• Female Feticides
• Improper Sanitation
• Child Marriage
• Security
• Gender Divide
• Lack of Health Care
• Abuse
• Dowry

6. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
• The empowerment of women is one of the central
issues in the process of development of countries all
over the world.
• The Government of India had made Empowerment of
Women as one of the principal objectives of the Ninth
Five Year Plan (1997-2002) and also declared 2001 as
the year of ‘Women’s Empowerment .
• Also, Year 2003 was regarded as the Year of
Adolescent Girls’

7. POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
• From the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78) on wards has been a marked shift in
the approach to women’s issues from welfare to development.
• The National Commission for Women was set up by an Act of Parliament in
1990 to safeguard the rights and legal entitlements of women.
• The 73rd and 74th Amendments (1993) to the Constitution of India have
provided for reservation of seats in the local bodies of Panchayats and
Municipalities for women. National Policy for the Empowerment of Women
was formulated 2001.
• This policy aims at: Gender equality, Gender justice, Social security,
Elimination of discrimination against women in all walks of life, Economic
development and integration of women into main stream of economy.
Women Health Volunteers (Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA):
started during 2005-06 with an objective of providing health services in
rural sector.
• Girl Child Protection Scheme (GCPS): launched in 2005 by Child Welfare
and Disabled Welfare (JJ)Department.

8. Conti..
• State oriented policies like, in Delhi, by the Department of Women
and Child Development:
• LADLI SCHEME (2008)
• STREE SHAKTI AND GENDER RESOURCECENTRES (2003)
• BALIKA SMRIDHI YOJNA (2001)
• SCHEME OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWIDOWS ( PENSION TO
WIDOWS ) (2000)
• WORKING WOMEN HOSTELS (since 1999)
• PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTICVIOLENCE ACT (2005)

9. Positivity Rising
• India has worlds largest number of professionally qualified women.
• India has largest population of working women in the world.
• India has more doctors, surgeons, scientists, professors than the United
States
Indian women today
• are also singers, painters, beauty queens, and actors.
• The Women of India These women have done so much more than just the
few things I listed off for each individual.
• As you can see, India has come a long way, but there is still work to be
done.
• By the efforts of these women, and many more, hopefully men and
women in India can live in a society of equal rights and equal power
without the stigmas from the history in India.

10. schemes
• Ministry of women and child development has been made
• National network for women & mining (NNWM) with about 20 groups in
different mining states of India is rightly fighting for a “gender audit” of India’s
mining companies
• Besides the government initiatives there are number, of non-governmental
organization (NGOs) mostly as "Mahila Mandals " to create awareness amongst
women of remote village even to empower them, train them, educate them and
help them to become economically self- dependent.
• On the international level, the United Nations Decade for Women (1975- 85)
witnessed inclusion of several women related issues on international agenda
• United Nations Decade for Women (1975-85) included several women related
welfare issues on international agenda

11. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
• Evolving all round development strategies.
• Legal-judicial system should be made more responsive and gender sensitive
to women’s needs, especially in cases of domestic violence and personal
assault.
• New laws should be enacted and existing laws reviewed to ensure that
justice is quick and apt punishment is given.
• Mainstreaming of Gender Perspective in the Development Process.
• Social Empowerment of Women .
• Need of psychological reforms of the people’s general mind set.
• Awareness among people about their rights.

12. Thank you
Presentation By:
Prof. Rahul Mahida
Faculty of Social Work
Parul University