Govt moots policy interventions for women empowerment

May 27, 2023
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

Govt moots policy interventions for women empowerment

Subject: Economy

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Government has asked Ministries and States to lay out different plans for gender parity and restoring dignity of women.

Conceived by the NITI Aayog in consultation with the government and other experts, this is part of an overall women empowerment initiative the Centre desires to achieve through:

sectoral policy interventions
gender sensitization
effective criminal investigation and justice system.

Ministry	Initiative mooted
Ministry of Women and Child Development and MHA	‘One Nation, One Helpline’ through integration of all helplines for women with a single emergency response number ‘112’ and link them with ‘One Stop Centres’ and ‘District Child Protection Units’ as a solution to violence against women.
Ministry of social justice	To oversee the steps States and UTs take to increase child marriage prohibition
Education Ministry	To to come up with gender sensitive curriculum for children on upholding dignity and respecting rights of women
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Operationalisation of “hubs for empowerment of women” at State, UT and district levels, opening women hostels in industrial and economic zones, raising women self help groups (SHGs) as brands and unicorns.
Private sector	Gender Equality Index based ranking of top 500 companies and entities to disclose compliances under the Maternity Benefit Act, the Sexual Harassment of Women (prevention), Prohibition and Redressal) at Workplace Act, 2013 and Code on Industrial Relation
Banks	Every bank will have to own up 100 districts and recognise at least one woman SHG and reward the best of the lot for financial discipline
Ministry of Industries and Commerce	will have to pitch for coordination, requesting all States and UTs to select 30 to 40 companies and MSMEs and women SHGs and tie them up for handholding and promoting entrepreneurship.
Ministry of Home Affairs	Special recruitment drive for women as forest guards is also on the cards and the Aayog has planned efforts to increase their numbers as drivers, bus conductors, tourist police and guides
	End to End monitoring of crime against women through interoperable criminal justice system (ICJS) which is part of Supreme Court’s ecommittee for seamless transfer of data and information among courts, police, jails and forensic laboratories