The Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka
Gandhi has unveiled a draft of National Policy for Women, 2016, which
will replace the National Policy for the Empowerment of Women, 2001. The
draft has been unveiled for comments and consultation. Apart from the
safety issues, the draft also seeks to address the emerging challenges
confronting Indian women.
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Salient features of the National policy for women empowerment:
To create a society with women working as equal partners in all spheres of life
To develop a framework to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women
To make cyber space a safe place for women and to address "redistribution of gender roles, for reducing unpaid care work, review of personal and customary laws in accordance with the Constitutional provisions and many more."
It also seeks to review the criminalisation of marital rape keeping women's rights in mind
Health and education of women have been kept a priority in the proposed draft
The draft has proposed to "improve access to pre-primary education, enrolment and retention of adolescent girls."
To carry out skill development and provide equal employment opportunities
To provide suitable benefits related to maternity and child care services
The draft plans to increase women's participation in the political, administration, civil services and corporate boardrooms arena
To address all forms of violence against women
To improve child sex ratio (CSR)
To prevent trafficking at source, transit and destination areas for effective monitoring of the networks
Operational strategies
To enable safety and security of women with the help of "One Stop Centres, Women Helpline, Mahila Police Volunteers, Reservation of women in police force, Panic buttons in mobiles, Surveillance mechanisms in public places."
To create eco-systems to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women. This has been proposed to be done through podiums like Mahila E-Haat etc
Aiding women in workplace through "flexi timings, increased maternity leave, provision of child care/creches at workplace, life cycle health care facilities."
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Salient features of the National policy for women empowerment:
To create a society with women working as equal partners in all spheres of life
To develop a framework to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women
To make cyber space a safe place for women and to address "redistribution of gender roles, for reducing unpaid care work, review of personal and customary laws in accordance with the Constitutional provisions and many more."
It also seeks to review the criminalisation of marital rape keeping women's rights in mind
Health and education of women have been kept a priority in the proposed draft
The draft has proposed to "improve access to pre-primary education, enrolment and retention of adolescent girls."
To carry out skill development and provide equal employment opportunities
To provide suitable benefits related to maternity and child care services
The draft plans to increase women's participation in the political, administration, civil services and corporate boardrooms arena
To address all forms of violence against women
To improve child sex ratio (CSR)
To prevent trafficking at source, transit and destination areas for effective monitoring of the networks
Operational strategies
To enable safety and security of women with the help of "One Stop Centres, Women Helpline, Mahila Police Volunteers, Reservation of women in police force, Panic buttons in mobiles, Surveillance mechanisms in public places."
To create eco-systems to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women. This has been proposed to be done through podiums like Mahila E-Haat etc
Aiding women in workplace through "flexi timings, increased maternity leave, provision of child care/creches at workplace, life cycle health care facilities."
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