The document discusses empowering and ensuring safety for women in India. It outlines several team members and their academic backgrounds. It then discusses defining women's empowerment and the current state of women's safety in India, noting that India ranks 4th most unsafe country for women according to a Reuters survey. The document outlines 7 Women's Empowerment Principles and strategies to empower women, such as self-defense classes, legal caucuses, mobile safety apps, and national policies.

1. TOPIC
Walk
to
Equality
Ensuring
safety
and
empowerment
of
women

2. Team
Details
• Sharmila
Venugopal
doing
MSc.
Theore9cal
Computer
Science
from
PSG
College
of
Technology,
Coimbatore,
Tamil
Nadu.
• Neethu
Sivaraj
doing
MSc.
Theore9cal
Computer
Science
from
PSG
College
of
Technology,
Coimbatore,
Tamil
Nadu.

3. Team
Details
• Dharani
Suresh
doing
MSc.
Theore9cal
Computer
Science
from
PSG
College
of
Technology,
Coimbatore,
Tamil
Nadu.
• Nithya
Dhandapani
doing
MSc.
Theore9cal
Computer
Science
from
PSG
College
of
Technology,
Coimbatore,
Tamil
Nadu.

4. Team
Details
• Varshini
Mohankumar
doing
MSc.
Theore9cal
Computer
Science
from
PSG
College
of
Technology,
Coimbatore,
Tamil
Nadu.

5. Women
Empowerment
• It
is
conceptualized
as
a
func9on
of
women‘s
access
to
and
control
over
resources
that
extends
to
their
decision-­‐making
capabili9es
regarding
household
affairs,
employment
and
income,
household
assets
and
expenditure,
fer9lity
and
sexuality,
freedom
of
movement,
their
control
over
tangible
and
intangible
resources
such
as
property,
informa9on
and
9me.

6. • The
state
of
safety
for
Indian
women
is
far
below
what
is
expected
for
such
an
economic
giant.
• A
survey
by
the
Reuters
founda9on
concluded
that
India
is
ranks
as
the
4th
most
insecure
country
in
the
world
when
it
comes
to
the
safety
of
women.

7. Women’s
Empowerment
Principles
In
brief,
the
Principles
are
:
• Establish
high-­‐level
corporate
leadership
for
gender
equality
• Treat
all
women
and
men
fairly
at
work—respect
and
support
human
rights
and
nondiscrimina9on
• Ensure
the
health,
safety
and
well-­‐being
of
all
women
and
men
workers
• Promote
educa9on,
training
and
professional
development
for
women
• Implement
enterprise
development,
supply
chain
and
marke9ng
prac9ces
that
empower
women
• Promote
equality
through
community
ini9a9ves
and
advocacy
• Measure
and
publicly
report
on
progress
to
achieve
gender
equality

8. • Women
can
enrol
in
personal
safety
classes
where
they
can
be
taught
how
to
physically
defend
themselves
in
case
of
an
impending
aRack.
They
can
have
regular
prac9ce
sessions
at
university
campuses,
social
hall
centers
in
their
locali9es
or
at
specially
build
facili9es
just
to
train
them.
• The
Red
Brigade
is
a
self-­‐defence
group
in
Lucknow
that
have
sent
out
a
simple
message
to
the
men
who
make
their
lives
a
misery
–
stop
it,
or
else.
It
was
formed
in
November
2011
as
a
self-­‐defence
group
for
young
women
suffering
sexual
abuse.
• As
a
report
in
‘The
Guardian’
says,
“Men
who
fall
foul
of
the
Red
Brigade
can
first
expect
a
visit
and
a
warning.
Some?mes
the
Red
Brigade
will
ask
the
police
to
get
involved,
but
if
all
else
fails
they
take
maCers
into
their
own
hands.”

9. • Women
can
also
take
back
their
freedom
by
forming
legal
caucuses
that
are
specifically
charged
with
defending
the
rights
of
women
who
have
been
assaulted.
This
will
go
a
long
way
in
ensuring
that
the
place
carry
out
proper
inves9ga9ons
and
that
the
convic9on
rate
of
those
who
violate
the
rights
of
women
goes
up.
• These
causes
should
be
formed
at
local
level
and
then
supported
by
government
funds
while
nongovernmental
organiza9ons
provide
them
with
technical
and
administra9ve
exper9se.

10. • Women
can
also
take
back
their
power
by
taking
responsibility
for
their
own
safety.
Its
obvious
that
the
legal
process
is
slow
and
does
not
offer
enough
disincen9ve
for
predators
to
stop
aRacking
women.
It
is
a
good
thing,
therefore,
to
arm
oneself
with
pepper
spray
or
another
form
of
protec9on
like
a
personal
safety
alarm.

11. • Guardian
Angel
One
is
an
mobile
applica9on
that
alerts
trusted
friends,
when
you
are
in
a
threatening
situa9on.
Women
and
elderly
people
can
use
GA1
to
alert
their
loved
ones
in
case
they
feel
unsafe
in
any
situa9on.
• These
are
the
best
ways
of
increasing
the
rela9ve
safety
of
women
in
India.
We
should
implement
them
so
that
women
can
have
their
freedom
and
live
a
life
as
enjoyed
by
their
counterparts
in
other
parts
of
the
world.

12. NATIONAL
POLICY
FOR
THE
EMPOWERMENT
OF
WOMEN
• Goal
and
ObjecOves
:
i)
Crea9ng
an
environment
through
posi9ve
economic
and
social
policies
for
full
development
of
women
to
enable
them
to
realize
their
full
poten9al.
(ii)
The
de-­‐jure
and
de-­‐facto
enjoyment
of
all
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedom
by
women
on
equal
basis
with
men
in
all
spheres
–
poli9cal,
economic,
social,
cultural
and
civil.
(iii)
Equal
access
to
par9cipa9on
and
decision
making
of
women
in
social,
poli9cal
and
economic
life
of
the
na9on.
(iv)
Equal
access
to
women
to
health
care,
quality
educa9on
at
all
levels,
career
and
voca9onal
guidance,
employment,
equal
remunera9on,
occupa9onal
health
and
safety,
social
security
and
public
office
etc.

13. (v)
Strengthening
legal
systems
aimed
at
elimina9on
of
all
forms
of
discrimina9on
against
women.
(vi)
Changing
societal
a^tudes
and
community
prac9ces
by
ac9ve
par9cipa9on
and
involvement
of
both
men
and
women.
(vii)
Mainstreaming
a
gender
perspec9ve
in
the
development
process.
(viii)
Elimina9on
of
discrimina9on
and
all
forms
of
violence
against
women
and
the
girl
child.
(ix)
Building
and
strengthening
partnerships
with
civil
society,
par9cularly
women’s
organiza9ons.

14. HAVE
A
PLAN.
BE
PREPARED
TO
ACT!
AND
ACT
HARD!
HAVE
A
PLAN

15. REFERENCES
• 1.
Ratna
Kapur,
`Ero9c
Jus9ce';
Permanent
Black,
New
Delhi,
2005.
• 2.
Kalpana
Kannabiran
(ed.),
`The
Violence
of
Normal
Times';
Women
Unlimited,
New
Delhi,
2005.
• hRp://wcd.nic.in/empwomen.html