The PowerPoint presentation is all about the need for empowerment, existing problems, and gender equality. (Also an interview transcript is attached with the PPT)

2. •DEFINITION AND
MEANING
•NEED OF
EMPOWERMENT
•EXISTING
PROBLEMS
•EFFORTS MADE
TO ACHIEVE IT

3. “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER
EQUALITY REFERS TO INCREASING THE
SPIRITUAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL OR
ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF WOMEN.”
THE CREATION OF AN
ENVIRONMENT FOR
WOMEN WHERE THEY
CAN MAKE DECISIONS
OF THEIR OWN FOR
THEIR PERSONAL
BENEFITS AS WELL AS
FOR THE SOCIETY.

4. • Reflecting into the “Vedas purana” of Indian culture,
woman is being worshiped such as LAXMI MAA, goddess
of wealth; SARASWATI MAA, for wisdom; DURGA MAA,
for power.
•The status of women in India, particularly in rural areas
needs to address the issues of empowering women.
• Leaving a major number of urban and suburban women,
the Indian women are still crying for simple justice. Which
is not even allowed to have been accessed to them.

5. • About 66% of the female population
in rural area is unutilized.This is
mainly due to existing social
customs.
• In agriculture & animal care the
women contribute 90% of the total
work force.
• Women constitute almost half of the
population, perform nearly
• 2/3rd of its work hours, receive
1/10th of the world’s income & own
less than 1/100th of the world
property.
• Among the world’s 900 million
illiterate people, women out number
men two to one.
• 70% of people living in poverty are
women.

6. THE MAIN PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN IN PAST AND
PRESENT :
• Gender discrimination
• Educational problems
• Problem related with health
• Lack of unity
• Dowry
• Marriage in same caste and child marriage.
• Society
• Low confidence
• Poverty and Ignorance
•Traditional barriers
• Atrocities on women: With their age, they have been
raped, kicked, killed, subdued & humiliated almost daily

7. • 60 % of the Girls are married before the age
of 16
• Nearly 60% of the married girls bear
children before they are 18
• 125,000 women die from pregnancy and
related causes every year
• Maternal mortality in India is the 2nd
highest in the world
• 37% women victims of domestic violence:
NFH survey

8. TO BRING BACKTHE DIGNITY AND GLORY OF
WOMEN. SOME OFTHE ENACTMENTS ARE:
• Act prohibiting the practice of sati (in 1850)
• Cast disabilities removal act, 1850
•The Hindu widow remarriage act, 1856
•The special marriage act III of 1872
•The married women’s property act, 1874
•The child marriage act, 1929
•The Hindu gains of earning act, 1930
•The Hindu women’s right to property, 1937
•The Christian marriage act, 1872
•The Parsee marriage and divorce act, 1936
•The dissolution of the Muslim marriage act 1939

9. • MINISTRY FOR WOMEN & CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
• Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche
Scheme
• Short Stay Home For Women and
Girls (SSH)
• Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for
Empowerment of Adolescent
Girls (RGSEAG) or SABLA
• STEP (Support toTraining and
Employment Program for
Women)
• Kishori ShaktiYogana
• Mid Day Meal

10. This commission has around 15 major ministries of Indian
government as its partner.There are number of schemes running
under the women empowerment mission we will discuss the major
schemes here:
• Poverty Alleviation and Economic Empowerment of Women
• Schemes of Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying Fisheries
• Scheme on Development of Inland Fisheries andAquaculture
• Scheme on Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post
harvest Operations
• Capacity Building to enhance Competitiveness of Indian Agriculture
and Registration of Organic Products
•Technology Development andTransfer for Promotion of Horticulture
• Marketing Assistance Scheme
• Scheme of Support toVoluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill
Development
• Scheme of Fund for Regeneration ofTraditional Industries (SFURTI)
• Performance & Credit Rating Scheme for Small Industries
• Entrepreneurship Development Institutions (EDIs) Scheme

11. • Elementary Education
• Secondary Education
• Adult Education
• Higher andTechnical
Education
•Nutrition Education and
Extension
•Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan

12. • IntegratedChild Development Scheme
• Reproductive & Child Health Program, Ph.II
(RCH II)
• National Rural Health Mission
• Janani SurakshaYojana
• IntegratedChild Protection Scheme
• Food Security Mission
• National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control
Program (NIDDCP)

13. EDUCATION :
Educating a male means
educating a individual but
educating a female means
educating a Family.
AWARENESS: Government,
NGO’s
ENCOURAGEMENT : Self
independence
UNITY : Faith
PARTICIPATION : In different
fields

14. .While men and women are born equal, gender inequality still persists in
every society. The deep-rooted belief that women do not deserve equal
treatment underpins violence against women and is used to deny girls
and women fair access to education, health, employment, property and
influence.
.The failure to root out prejudice against girls and women is one of the
major barriers to progress and prosperity. Gender discrimination also
breaches international human rights agreements and domestic laws in
most countries.
.There are signs of progress. During the lifetimes of the Elders, in almost
every society and in every area, women are breaking down the barriers
which have held them and their daughters back for so long. Gender
equality is increasingly understood to be a major policy priority for
governments worldwide, and its realization is one of the Sustainable
Development Goals.

16. LET’STAKETHEM
OUT OFTHE
DARKNESS OF
LIFE. INDIVIDUAL
EFFORTS ARE
APPRECIABLE,
BUT NOT
SUFFICIENT.

18. PHOTO PHOTOS

19. VIDEO SCREENSHOT AUDIO

20. Q1.Why Women’s Right is essential for a lasting peace? What’s your view ?
Ans. ‘Yes’, Women’s Right is essential. Being ‘‘feminine’’ is a burden which most women has
to carry, being a newsreader or a head of state. After all, men and women both are
creation of God. But he has not created men and women unequally. The equality is
something which can be judged in terms of social, political and economic background.
According to “Guradev Tagore” human civilization is based primarily on masculine
attributes and regretted that women hardly got any space in such a civilization. And he
also wanted women to take their place to salvage not only themselves but also the
civilization itself.
Q2. As we know men and women have equal power and equal opportunities for education
and personal development but still globally we find that women had a fewer
opportunities for economic participation than men, less access to basic and higher
education and less political representation. What’s your opinion regarding this?
Ans. First of all women should be educated. Without education, no country has progressed.
No country has thrived. If we see and analyze the education percentage of women in
foreign countries, almost all of them are highly educated but in India, it is just the
opposite. Women must get equal opportunites for economic participation and higher
education. The Govt. has made it mandatory that up to certain classes, the fess will be
exempted esp. for girl student. Even elderly person should be educated. Due to poverty
also, they are not able to study. But certain schemes are there.

21. Q3. Are women better decision makers than men because women’s decision are respected less than men’s?
Ans. It sounds bit odd because intelligence is something which God has given ,we are only trying to increase our
knowledge but as you know to me it appears that almost men and women so far decision making is concerned, that
men are dominating no doubt, but no less the women who also take decisions which are quite appreciable. In foreign
countries . Many women are taking big decisions. Women are good decision takers. In India there are many women
who are taking good decisions. They are also heading some of the cooperate bodies, banks.They are taking good
decisions ,otherwise how the country is running. We cannot belittle their position compared to men.
Q4. In Rural India, 83.33% of women are illiterates, 10% are primary educated and 6.66% are high school pass. No women
is found having higher education level.Why?
Ans. So far in our state there are a lot of things to be done for educating . Sarba Sikhya Abhigyan has already been
started. Now the percentage of education is already increasing but it will take some time no doubt.There are many
factors in India like poverty etc which is the main reason why no women is found having higher education. Govt. is
trying to take adequate steps to educate the women. Earlier in rural areas there was no light and no communication
but now all things have come up with a great extent.There is communication . No doubt percentage is low but within
a couple of years things will change drastically and all the women in rural areas will have higher education. Once the
rural folks are educated they will take the seat in the political place like Sarpanch and Samiti Members and can take
good decisions.
Q5. What few things you will like to address our audiences regarding women’s empowerment and gender equality?
Ans. Women empowerment is not only important in the political field but also in the social and economic field. According
to David Colman the 21st century is a century of fear, the weaker ones(women) are always afraid of doing something.
They are thinking as if something is trying to stop them to execute that thing .This fear is not found in men. So.
Women folk should not afraid of doing anything.They have the right to do whatever they want. When it comes to
express their ideas, women become afraid. That fear should not be there.They should be bold enough.They should
feel that they are one among the men.There voice should count over the voice of men. So let us not fear and
become aggressive to achieve our goals. Women Empowerment is therefore very important for a lasting peace.