ACHIEVING THE GENDER HARMONY-PROGRAMMES OF MINISTRY OF
ACHIEVING THE GENDER HARMONY-WOMEN &CHILDREN
PROGRAMMES OF MINISTRY OF
WOMEN &CHILDREN
M.S.TARA
Dr.Dr.M.S.TARA
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC CO-OPERATION & CHILD
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF
PUBLIC CO-OPERATION & CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
BENGALURU
PHONE:080-28563796
BENGALURU
PHONE:080-28563796
RIGHTS INDICATORS
 social security
 Right to life
 Right to adequate
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


food
Right to
Right to
housing
Right to
Right to
Right to
• Right to liberty and
personal security
• Right to participate in
public affairs
health
adequate
• Right not to be
education
work
• Right to a fair trial
subjected to torture
• Right to freedom of
opinion and
expression
Opportunity
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Equality
Justice
Social
Economic
Vulnerability
Age
Gender
Social
Economic
class
poverty
caste
unemployment
religion Lack of skills
region
migration
Age
Gender
children Women/so
cial
construct
aged
Cheap
labour
Lack of
education
and skill
Lack of
mobility
CHIDREN
WOMEN
India is home for more than 440 key human resources & constitute
million children & comprising nearly 48% of the population.
40% of the country’s population.
India has the highest number of
children in the world.
overall progress of the country is
dependent on protection,
preservation & promotion of this
population
More than one third of country’s
population is below 18 years
the neglect & the discrimination
dooms / hampers the progress of
the country.
The largest number of minors in any
country in the world
A problem & the challenge for
survival, growth ,development and
safety of the children
DESPITE ITS ETHOS OF
NON VIOLENCE, TOLERANCE,SPIRITUALITY,
AND NEW TRILLION DOLLAR ECONOMY -
INDIA HOSTS WORLD’S LARGEST NUMBER OF
TORTURED,
VIOLATED UPON,
ABUSED
CHILDREN AND WOMEN ,
AT A FAR HIGH RATE THAN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
AREAS OF CONCERN
1.
2.
3.
4.
Low Progress in relation to men in almost all areas.
Declining sex ratio
Dropout from school is much more for girls than boys
Work participation rate is considerably few are in
organized sector, decision making positions is very less.
6. Violence against women and atrocities are on
increase,(in and outside the family) exploitation,
trafficking ,Domestic violence, rape, dowry, murder etc
continue to daunt.
7. Maternal health and malnutrition continues to be a cause
of concern.
8. High level of anemia ,lack of care during pregnancy ,and
maternal mortality
1.
Gender issue transcend all age epochs
2. There exists a bias against women and girls in the Indian society
3. The disparity / bias / differentiation is in terms of
(a) Treatment of the individual in family and society;
(b) Lower priority in attention and participation including views of women
and girls
(c) Inequitable distribution of goods and services within and outside the family
(d) Viewed as weak, incapable, have lack of expertise, are not bold, have no
initiative and generals, resign to fate rather than question the value and
attitudinal system that operates on gender issues;
(e) Low allocation of resources and perception that women and girls are a
burden and a liability; and
(f) Lack of opportunities / lack of facilitating factors / conditions for women and
girls to avail of the opportunities.
4. The policies, programmes, legislative initiatives and
schemes of MWCD tailor-made to address the stated social
malaise. Some of the same are given briefly:
The National Women empowerment Policy 2002
reemphasizes the Constitutional Provisions and Directive
Principles of State Policy, which grant equality before law,
right to freedom, directions to State for facilitative
programmes and measure for reducing gender disparity etc
.
5 Legislative instruments to cover gender issues include
instruments on trafficking such as ITPA, Sexual
Harassment at Workplace (recently passed), Rape law
under IPC, gender-neutral legislation for sexual offenses
against children under the 2012 Act etc.
6. The Women Empowerment initiative has enabled the
setting up of National Women Empowerment Commission
and its' State Branches (some of which are being setup).
7. Gender budgeting is not only advocated by MWCD but also the
Planning Commission in order to ensure that resource allocation by
govt is pro-women and girls.
.
8. Programmes such as ICDS, ICPS, SABLA, IMSGY provide a thrust
on gender parity while working with families and communities at the
grass root level in order to ensure a robust nation with strong values
for women and girls.
Gender Convergence Model For Empoerment
SCHEMES FOR WOMEN
Name of the Scheme
Objectives
Support
to
Training
and
Employment for Women (STEP)
Mobilizing women in
small groups &Income
(Implementing Agency registered generation activity
NGOs, DRDA, Public Sector providing training &
undertaking/Cooperatives/Federati skill upgradation
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/Assist
ance
Marginalized,asset
less women with
special focus on
SC/women headed
household of BPL
100% assistance for
project
staff,training,format
ion of societies.
50% assistance for
construction &
working capital
Working WomenSingle,
Widowed,Divorce,
Separated, married
without family
support
Women who are
under training&
(Girls upto 18 ,
boys 5 years can
stay with mothers
75% of cost
construction for
building of WWH
Hostel to be run in
rented premises
based on rent to be
fixed by
PWDDist.Collector
5 Lakhs for
maintenance and
repair
on
Working
(WWHs)
Women’s
Hostels
Promote availability of
safe accommodation
(Implementing Agency, State Govt. with a day care facility
Agencies like WDC, Women’s for children
Finance
Corporation,
Urban
Municipal
Bodies,PRI,SHG,Universities
&
Civil Societies
SCHEMES FOR WOMEN
Name of the
Scheme
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/
Assistance
Provide shelter facility,
Swadhar/Short
Stay
Homes food, clothing & care
of women in difficult
(SSHs
circumstances,Women
Helpline
Counselling & social
rehabilitation & legal
and other support
Widows, deserted,
released prisoners
from jails, Survivors
of natural disasters,
trafficked women,
victims of terrorists,
mentally challenged
and women with HIV
AIDS
Construction cost of
rooms, cottages to the
tune of 75%
Rental support 100%
(1st year) & 2nd
yr.75%)
Administration &
Management cost
UJJAWALA
Women & Children
vulnerable to
trafficking for
commercial sexual
exploitation, women
& children who are
victims of trafficking
90% assistance
through UJJAWALA
scheme
10% Implementing
Agency
SW/Women and
Child
Welfare
Department,WD
C,Urban Local
Bodies, public
private VOs
Objectives
To prevent trafficking
of women and children
for commercial sexual
exploitation,Facilitate
rescue for the victims
& rehabilitation
services & family
reintegrationrepatriation
SCHEMES FOR WOMEN
Name of the
Scheme
Objectives
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/
Assistance
Rajiv
Gandhi To promote all round
National Crèche development of
Scheme
for children, of working
and ailing mothers and
children
providing day care
services
Children of working
mothers in
unorganized
sector./BPL families
Assistance for
developing
comprehensive day care
centre. Assistance to
NGOs for running the
crèches.
Rashtriya
Mahila Kosh
Members of SHGs
Needy women from
rural urban slums
etc.
No assistance given to
members of SHGs.
RMK Extends micro
credit loans through
NGOs without collateral
security. The same is
repaid with interest. In
addition capacity
building of SHG in
micro finance/income
generation activities
To extend micro
finance services
through a client
(RMK)
friendly and loan for
livelihood activities,
Intermediary
micro enterprise,
organization
such as NGO, family needs for socio
economic upliftment of
Women
poor women
Federation,
Cooperatives
voluntary civil
society
SCHEMES FOR WOMEN
Name of the
Scheme
Objectives
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/
Assistance
Gender
Budgeting
Mainstreaming gender
concerns in policies,
programmes and
schemes of GOI
through capacity
building , research for
undertaking gender
budgeting
Offices of Central
Ministries/Departme
nt/State Government,
WDCs, State
Commission for
Women, Study
Centres, PSUs
Assistance under the
scheme is provided
for undertaking
training and research
activities on gender
budgeting
as grant-in-aid
programme
General Grant
in Aid Scheme
to Vos-Scheme
for
Innovative
projects
To supplement existing
grant in aid scheme as
there are number of
uncharted areas not
currently covered by
existing schemes
Grant is given to
Voluntary
Organization,
Institutions,
Universities, research
institutions, Govt.
bodies
Support to undertake
projects-un served
area,
Community based
-mobilize public
opinion
Name of the
Scheme
Objectives
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/
Assistance
Prevention
of
women
from
Domestic
violence
ACT
PWDVA)2005
To combat violence
against women by
implementing special
cells for intervention
models
w
omen victims,
Support to Training
/monitoring of
collaborating
agencies-including
protection officers
SCHEMES FOR CHILDREN
Name of the
Scheme
Target/
Beneficiaries
Services/
Assistance
Integrated Child To Provide safe and
secure environment
Protection
for overall
(ICPS)Scheme
development of
children in need of
care &protection-conflict with law.
Institutions & non
institutional support
-children in difficult
circumstances
-vulnerable children
,abuse/neglect/explo
itation.
Assistance for
reception /children's
home/shelter/ Training, creating
structures like
CWC,JJB,SJPU
Integrated Child
Development
Services
(ICDS)Scheme
Children under six
years of age,
pregnant and
lactating mothers
from BPL families
Package of services
including
supplementary
nutrition, Health
checkup, referral
service, HNE &
PSE
FLAGSHIP
PROG
Objectives
To reduce the
incidence of mortality,
morbidity and
malnutrition among
children
-services for all round
development ,ECE
-to enhance the
capability of women
Specific Measures
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Legal safeguards
Policies favoring women
Shelter and services for women affected by violence
Short stay homes
Juvenile homes
Correctional institutions
Family counseling centres
Prevention and sensitization programmes
Special law enforcement mechanisms
All women police stations
Special police cells
Public Interest litigation
Legal Aid
Innovative Justice: Family Courts
(12 states and 2 Uts)
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 GOAL 3: Promote Gender Equality and
Empower Women
 GOAL 4: Reduce Child Mortality
 GOAL 5: Improve Maternal Health
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