Women empowerment involves strengthening women's ability to identify and overcome gender discrimination to take control of their lives. Key areas of development for women include social, educational, and economic empowerment. Socially, legislation has provided women more rights and privileges, while educationally, programs aim to increase literacy and awareness. Economically, income generation schemes, vocational training, and microfinance aim to empower women. Promoting small family norms through family planning programs further aids women's empowerment.

2. WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
PRESENTED BY
NITIN SONI
M.Sc NSG (PREVIOUS)

3. DEFINITION
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.

4. AREA DEVELOPS TO THE WOMEN
The women need to developed in some areas that are
:
 Social development.
 Educational development.
 Economical development.
 Implimenting income generating schemes.
 Promotion of small family norms.

5. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT :-
Social development of women means raising the status of
women in society. Women in male dominating society that is
partriarchal from of society donot get the same status as
men especially in decision making.
Social legislation has brought a charge by developing
the women socially. Now a days , if women is compared with
the women earlier ages, they are having more pre-viliges.
This is due to certain social legislation.

6. SOCIAL LEGISLATION
 In1950, New constitution of India accorded equal right to women. All
women now enjoy equal political right with men. They have the right to
vote and have right to hold public office.
 In 1955, Hindu marriage Act and Divorce Act has removed several
disabilities. No Hindu can marry second.
 In 1978, the child marriage restraint amendment Act, has raised the
marriage of girls from 15 to 18 year , for boys 18 to 21years.
 In 1976, the equal remuneration Act, 1976 provide for equal payment of
remuneration to man and women.

8. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Women need to be educationally developed. It has been seen
that women receive less formal education then man and at
the same time , women’s knowledge , ability and coping
mechanism often go unrecognized. Education will help them
in in creating awareness regarding demerits and merits of
large and small family size as well as other aspect of health.
The grant are provided by central social welfare board to
voluntary organization to conduct courses of two or three
year duration for having education . In order to achieve
increased literacy rate , there is need to bring chang in
policies and programmes.

10. ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT
Educational development and social
development will bring a change in economic
condition of of the women. Women can be
empowered by :-
 IMPLEMENTING INCOME GENERATING SCHEMES :
 Technical information is imparted and strategies to
plan action towards development and against
injustice.

11.  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.

12. In 2000 , the govt.of India adopted a national policy
for the empowerment of women. National Health
Policy was under consideration in 2005 for
implementation and it to be reviwed twice a year.
The aim of the policy are :-
 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.

13. CONTI…….
 Strengthening and formation of relevant institution
mechnisms.
 Partnership with community based programme.
 Implementation of international obligation and co-
operation at international, reginal and subregional
levels.
 More responsive judical legal system that are
sensitive to women’s head.

15. PROMTION OF SMALL FAMILY NORMS
Population control can be achived by promoting smaal
family norms.The small family norms in the objective
of family welfare programme. This to achieve control
over country’s population. The small family norms
was promoted by the salogans “DO YA TEEN BUS ”
In the year 1970 because of 3 child family model.
Welfare programme was to achieve and promote
small family norms :-

16.  Family welfare programme.
 Family planning method.
 Mass communication.
 Information, education and communication.
 Registration of couples.
 target couple to be directed towards family planning method.
 Cafeteria approach for adoption of family planning methods
 Involvement of health education institution for promotion of
small family.
 Empowering women.

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