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1. Manthan Topic: Walk to Equality
Ensuring safety and empowerment
of women
ARNAV CHOUDHRY RAKESH N RAO NEERAJ GADKARI
PREKSHA SHARMA NACHIKETA CHAUHAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS
2. In the capital of India, about 75% of the total crimes committed are
against women. The scene in the rest of the country is no better.
The empowerment of women first requires their safety.
The basic classes in which women lack security are:
a. Social security: Denial of education to women, female
infanticide
• Reason: Patriarchal attitude, Orthodox view points
b. Economic security: Little or no share in family property, lower employment rates,
lesser earning opportunity
• Reason: Workplace inequality, bad working conditions, lack of awareness of
rights
c. Security against crimes: Molestation,
rape, eve teasing, trafficking, domestic violence, abusive language
• Reason: Objectification of women, lack of awareness among women about
mechanisms that protect them
In India 30.3% women are unemployed,
who can increase production
India ranks 132 out of
148 in gender equality
according to a United
Nations survey
3. NEED for Empowerment of women
For the overall development of any society the development of
women should be put on a priority.
Higher employment of women implies more workforce which leads
to better overall economic growth of the country.
Empowered women lead to a more morally aware and mature
society.
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Gender
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Rank
GDP (in
100 billion
US$)
4. Roadmap to empower women
Proposed
Solutions
• Creating awareness among women about laws
• Better policy making
• Effective law enforcement
• Help in setting up of community business
• Changing perspective of society
• Creating awareness among women about laws
• Better policy making
• Effective law enforcement
• Help in setting up of community business
• Changing perspective of society
Implementation
Model
• Mandatory education up to class 12
• Policy to identify perpetrators and have a zero-tolerance
policy towards them
• More trained staff – sensitive towards women issues
• Cheaper loans to communities of women and setting up
of a fund like the provident fund
• Fast track courts for crime against women
• Giving incentives for girl child education to girls and
their parents
• Creating public awareness through advertisements on
mass media
• Mandatory education up to class 12
• Policy to identify perpetrators and have a zero-tolerance
policy towards them
• More trained staff – sensitive towards women issues
• Cheaper loans to communities of women and setting up
of a fund like the provident fund
• Fast track courts for crime against women
• Giving incentives for girl child education to girls and
their parents
• Creating public awareness through advertisements on
mass media
5. Building a network of workers to implement
the solutions
Colleges,
Companies and
Internet
NGOs
The Government
Volunteers
Activists
Infrastructure Village
Towns/Cities
District
State
Nation
Multi tiered
organization
Monitored by an external
agency or ombudsman
Professionals
6. Parameters of assessment of work done
Parameter How does it help to assess situation of
women?
Literacy Rates More aware women
Dropout rate at different
levels
Which age group is to be targeted for
further assistance
Ratio of sex ratio by sex
ratio in schools
Tending towards one, it shows enrolment
of girls in school
%age employment Job penetration among women
Average income gap
between employed men
and women
Helps in determining workplace equality
Fund raised and released
for women empowerment
Helps in knowing the amount of
assistance needed for elevation
%age of assets owned by
women in the family
Shows economic independence of
women in the family
Crime Rates Security of women in society
7. Parameters of assessment of work done
Parameter How does it help to assess situation of
women?
Female infanticide/
feticide rate
It shows attitude of society towards girl child
Pre-natal checkups At least 4-5 times will show that women are
aware
Infant Mortality Rates
(IMR)
It shows the quality healthcare given to
women in country
Maternal Mortality
Rates (MMR)
Medical facility and qualified healthcare
professionals attending to women in country
during birth
Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate (CPR)
It helps in showing the awareness of women
in cases of family planning, their
independence and so on
8. Sustainability of the measures
Reasons why
this would be
sustainable?
Solutions are easily
implementable
Lots of human resources
available
Lots of NGOs which will
help to reach the goals
Can employ college students
and other volunteers who
gain experience and other
vocational skills
People will be given subsidies
on food grains and other
commodities only on
compliance with guidelines
9. Challenges to be faced during
implementation
Social Challenges
• Over dominance of men in most spheres of life.
• Men using women as pawns even in places where there is reservation for
women.
• Narrow mindedness of people in rural areas.
• Slow acceptance of reality and change by people.
• Political interests- People lobby for no change in current laws to protect
themselves.
• The number of villages is very large reaching out to all is tough.
Other challenges:
• Procurement of funds for a large response team is an economic challenge.
• Ensuring funds reach the grass root level.
• Co-ordination of activities on a large scale requires technical expertise and
presence of skilled personnel.
10. Mitigation of challenges faces during
implementation
• Have local participation in educating and creating awareness.
• Boost confidence of women through constant counseling of
women who need it.
• Educated women to play a bigger role.
• Have open discussions in villages and bring them to terms with
reality through use of songs, plays, television commercials and
so on to have awareness about inequalities and discrimination.
• Change the ingrained mindset of people.
• Raise funds through public performances.
• Reach out to people who want to help.
