Women empowerment

1. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:
SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND
ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT
Presented by-
Pinki Barman
1st year M.sc Nursing
AIN, Guwahati

2. “To awaken the people, it is the women who must
be awakened. Once she is on the move, the
family moves, the village moves, the nation
moves” - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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3. INTRODUCTION
 Women empowerment means strengthening the
capacity of women in order to identify, understand
and control their lives. Women due to lack of control
have little to say in decisions, so they need to be
empowered to achieve control and to participate in
decision making related to their health matters.
Over the past decade, gender equality and
women's empowerment have been explicitly
recognized as key, not only to health of Nations, but
also to social and economic development.

4. WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT???
“Empowerment is the process of increasing the
authority and responsibility of individual or groups
to make choices and to transform those choices
into desired actions and outcomes.”
-World Bank

5. WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT???
According to Arrow (1995) women empowerment is
the process by which women strengthens their
capacity individually and collectively to identify,
understand and overcome gender discrimination,
thus taking control of their lives.

6. TYPES OF EMPOWERMENT
Empowerment
Social
Economical
political

7. NEED OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
 Decision Making Power
 Freedom of Movement
 Access to Education
 Access to Employment
 Exposure to Media
 Domestic Violence

8. WAYS TO EMPOWERING THE WOMEN
Changes in
women’s
mobility and
social interaction
Changes in
women’s access
to and control
over resources
Changes in
women’s
labour patterns
Changes in
women’s control
over decision-
making
Gender
equility

9. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

10. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 Social development of women means raising the
status of women in society.
 Social legislation has brought a change by
developing the women socially.
 Some aspect of social empowerment of women
 Education
 Health
 Nutrition
 Drinking Water and Sanitation
 Housing and Shelter
 Environment

11.  Some legislation are-
 In 1950, New constitutions of India accorded equal
rights to women. All women now enjoy political
equal rights with men
 The Factories Act, 1948, Mines Act, 1952 and
Plantation Labour Act
 Hindu marriage Act and Divorce Act 1955
 The equal remuneration Act, 1976
 Child marriage restraint amendment Act

12. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Education is a basic human right of all. It is not only
a way of imparting knowledge but also an
instrument of empowering disadvantaged groups
and sections in a society.
 Women need to be educationally developed.
 The education of women will help to remove the
social stigma that surrounds it. It is the key to
eliminating social evils such as female infanticide,
dowry, child marriage, harassment, etc
 Lack of education has been an obstacle in the
development of women. So there is need to take all
special efforts to raise the literacy rate among
women and girl's education.

13. Factors affecting women's education
1. Social and Economic Factors-
 Socialization within the family
 Early Marriage
 Poverty
 Distance of school from home
2. School Practices-
 Bias in Curriculum
 Bias in Teacher's Attitude

14. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 Educational development and social development will
bring a change in economic condition of the women.
 Economic empowerment increases women’s access to
economic resources and opportunities including jobs,
financial services, property and other productive assets,
skills development and market information.
 To raise the economic level of women, women's
development corporation are playing an important role in
providing employment opportunities to women so it is
essential for the sustainable development of community
that the women should be empowered and developed
socially, educationally, politically and economically

15.  Women can be empowered economically by –
Implementing Income Generating Schemes
By these schemes rural and poor women come
together and develop an understanding of their
problems and fulfill their need. Under these
schemes:
 Technical information is imparted and strategies to
plan action towards development and against
injustice.
 Vocational courses for women
 Opening of women polytechnics
 Rehabilitation of women by providing vocational
training cum employment and residential care to old
widows, deserted women.

16. NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT
OF WOMEN
In view of the country’s commitment towards women, the
National Policy for the Empowerment of Women was
formulated in 2001.
Objectives-
 Women equality in power sharing and active participation in
decision making.
 Comprehensive economic and social empowerment of
women.
 The advancement, development and empowerment of
women in all spheres of life.
 Strengthening and formation of relevant institutional
mechanisms.
 Partnership with community based programs.
 Implementation of international obligations and co operation at
international, regional and sub-regional levels.
 More responsive judicial legal systems that are sensitive to
woman's need.

17. Policy prescription-
 Judicial Legal Systems-Legal-judicial system will be
made more responsive and gender sensitive to women’s
needs, especially in cases of domestic violence and
personal assault. New laws will be enacted and existing
laws reviewed to ensure that justice is quick and the
punishment meted out to the culprits is commensurate
with the severity of the offence.
 Decision Making-Women’s equality in power sharing
and active participation in decision making, including
decision making in political process at all levels will be
ensured for the achievement of the goals of
empowerment
 Economic Empowerment of women-
 Poverty Eradication
 Micro Credit
 Women and Agriculture
 Women and Industry

18. PROGRAMS AND SCHEMES FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT:
 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

19.  The Census (2011) data showed a significant
declining trend in the Child Sex Ratio1(CSR)
between 0-6 years with an all time low of 918. To
ensure survival, protection and empowerment of
the girl child, Government launched the Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) on 22nd January, 2015
at Panipat in Haryana. It is a tri-ministerial effort of
Ministries of Women and Child Development,
Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource
Development.
The objectives of the Scheme are as under:
 To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination
 To ensure survival and protection of the girl child
 To ensure education and participation of the girl
child

20. ONE STOP CENTRE SCHEME

21.  One Stop Centres (OSC) are intended to support
women affected by violence, in private and public
spaces, within the family, community and at the
workplace. Ministry of Women and Child
Development (MWCD) has formulated a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme for setting up One Stop Centre,
a sub - scheme of Umbrella Scheme for National
Mission for Empowerment of women including
Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana. Popularly
known as Sakhi, the scheme is being implemented
since 1st April 2015. These Centres are being
established across the country to provide integrated
support and assistance under one roof to women
affected by violence, both in private and public
spaces in phased manner.

22. WOMEN HELPLINE SCHEME
 The Scheme of Universalisation of Women Helpline
is intended to provide 24 hours immediate and
emergency response to women affected by
violence through referral (linking with appropriate
authority such as police, One Stop Centre, hospital)
and information about women related government
schemes programs across the country through a
single uniform number. Government of India has
allocated short code 181 to all States/UTs which is
being used by some States/UTs such as Delhi,
Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh as Women Helpline.

23.  UJJAWALA-The Ujjawala Scheme is for prevention
of trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation, re-integration
and repatriation of victims of trafficking for
commercial sexual exploitation.
 SWADHAR Greh- The Ministry of Women and Child
Development is implementing the Swadhar Greh
Scheme which targets the women victims of difficult
circumstances who are in need of institutional
support for rehabilitation so that they could lead
their life with dignity. The Scheme envisages
providing shelter, food, clothing and health as well
as economic and social security for these women.

24.  Nari Shakti Puraskar- The Ministry of Women & Child
Development, celebrates International Women’s Day
every year on 8th March as it is the nodal Ministry for the
issues related to women. Taking this as an opportune
moment to acknowledge Women’s achievements, it has
been decided by the Ministry in the year 2015, to confer
Nari Shakti Puruskars to eminent women and institutions
in recognition of their service towards the cause of women
empowerment.
 Rajya Mahila Samman And Zila Mahila Samman- these
awards will recognise and reward selfless work done by
exceptional and committed women, in particular at the
community and grass root levels. There will be one award
in every district (Zila Mahila Samman) and one in
each State/Union Territory (Rajya Mahila Samman).

25. SUMMARY
AND
CONCLUSION