The Gist of Yojana: December 2016
- Women's Empowerment in the Indian Context (Free Available)
- Empowerment of Women: Government Perspective (Only For The Subscribed Members)
- Adverse Child Sex Ratio: A ‘Mindset’ Issue (Only For The Subscribed Members)
- "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" Programme (Only For The Subscribed Members)
- Amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1960 (Only For The Subscribed Members)
Women's Empowerment in the Indian Context
Most countries today consider gender equality and women's empowerment to be essential for the development and well-being of families, communities and nations. No nation, society, and family can flourish and be happy if fifty per cent of its population, i.e. women and girls, are not respected, free and happy.
Not just in India, but in most countries of the world, women have been discriminated against, excluded from decision making at all levels, marginalised and disempowered. This is so because of the prevalence of patriarchy, a social system in which men are considered to be superior to women and in which, men have more control over resources, decision making and ideology. In patriarchy, violence against women is a part of the system. Women are controlled through violence or the threat of violence.
According to the UN, one out of every three women experiences violence. This means over one billion women and girls experience violence. This is the biggest war going on in the world and what is most painful is that most of it takes place within the family.
