WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SNEHA KARNA IT 1ST YEAR 120110116014

What is women empowerment? • It refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of women. • It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.

Why we need empowerment? • Educational problems • Society • Gender prejudice • Low confidence • Lack of unity • Problem related with health • Poverty and Ignorance • Traditional barriers

Government steps • Since independence, efforts have been made to educate women on various political, economical and social issues • They have made various laws in constitution of India • There are many NGOs running and organization for welfare of women • Government is making efforts for upliftment of women • They are trying to eradicate and remove problems which women are facing from past

Problems faced by women Women have been always under shadowed against men Dowry In past years women were just used a toy to give birth to a child Women were not given respect, education and importance Sati Child marriages Illiteracy

LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS • The Indecent Representation of Women Act,1886 • The Dowry Prohibition Act,1961 • The Commission of Sati Act,1987 • National Commission for Women Act,1990 • Protection for Domestic Violence Bill,2002 • Sexual harassment of women at workplace and other institutions-Supreme court order

NEED FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT • In this contemporary world, women need to gain same amount of power that men have • Women should forget that men are holders of power • They are backbone of society • Women should be empowered in different sections like education, politics, work force and even more power within their own households • They play the most important role of keeping the family together • If they are empowered, they will do work with more trust and more attention and take others work as their own • If you educate a women she will educate the whole family

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT • Women are leaders everywhere you look, a CEO to housewife that holds together a home. Our country was built by women who stand alone • Empowered women can exert power to shape their families, communities and countries • Women should be respected as well as her needs and aspirations as she can only give best to society

BENEFITS TO SOCIETY BY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT • Personal knowledge • Self-defining • Personal Power • Authenticity • Creativity • Physical strength • Maturity in relationships • Economic independence • Having political power in society

PROPORTION OF WOMEN IN DIFFERENT SECTORS • 68.5 % Women work in farming • 10.8% in manufacturing tobacco products • 5.1% in construction work • 3.8% in educational work • 2.1 % work in grocery stores • 1.6% in household work • 1.5 % in personal services • 1.1 % in healthcare work • 1% in bureaucracy

GREAT WOMEN PERSONALITIES • MOTHER TERESA : She was a social worker and she helped many women and changed their life • INDIRA GANDHI : She was first women prime minister of india

KALPANA CHAWLA : First woman of Indian origin to go in space • KIRAN BEDI : India’s first lady IPS officer

VIJAYA LAXMI PANDIT : First women president of UN general assembly PRATIBHA PATIL : First women president of India

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT