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    CONCEPT

     WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

    The importance of empowering women for the overall


    upliftment of the nation
    HELEN BOADEN

     Helen Boaden (born 1 March 1956) is a British


    broadcasting executive who spent more than 30 years
    working for the BBC until it was announced in late
    September 2016 that she would be leaving the BBC in March
    2017.[2]
    J K ROWLING

     The author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have
    gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold
    more than 400 million copies.[1] They have become the best-
    selling book series in history[2]
    MARY KOM
     Olympic Indian boxer hailing from the tribe in Manipur. She is a
    five-timeWorld Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman
    boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world
    championships Nicknamed "Magnificent Mary", she is the only
    Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer
    Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and
    winning the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA
    World Women's Ranking Flyweight category. She became the first
    Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the Asian Games in
    2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 26 April 2016, she was
    nominated by the President of India as a member of the Rajya
    Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In March 2017,
    the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India,
    appointed Mary Kom along with Akhil Kumar as national
    observers for boxing.
    SMITHA PATIL

    Smita Patil (17 October 1955 – 13 December 1986) was


    an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Regarded
    among the finest stage and film actresses of her times,Patil
    appeared in over 80 Hindi and Marathi films in a career that
    spanned just over a decade. During her career, she received
    two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. She was the
    recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian
    honour in 1985.
    Roles Taken by Women in Their
    Homes
    They are wives, mothers, cooks, nurses, administrators,
    scientists, leaders , military officers , astronauts, actors and
    many more.
     Cook food
     Serve food to their husband and children
     Wash dishes and clothes
     Iron their clothes
     Get them ready for school or office
     Sweep and swab the floor
     Keep the surroundings clean.Besides doing all these things
    employed women do a lot of things related to their works
    Challenges Faced by Women
     Gender bias (sexual discrimination)
     Dowry system
     Sexual harassment
     Sex discrimination in work places
     Lack of education
     Early marriage
     Female foeticide and infanticide
     Unequal payments for labours
     Domestic violences
     Sexual crimes and atrocities
     Marginalised and neglected
     Victmised
    How to meet these Challenges
    1.Women Education
    Awareness of daughter’s education is essential. It is said
    that “educated mothers educate family which results in
    educated population of a nation which builds strong nation”
    2 Change the approach towards women based on sex
    discrimination
    3 Child bearing at young ages should be prevented by
    preventing early marriages.
    4 Eliminating all forms of discrimination in employment
    especially to eliminate wage differentials between men and
    women
    5. Women reservation in education and in politics
    6 Women Scholarships
    7 Training in self defending programmes
    8 Appointment in all types of jobes
    9 Sakhi and other such women empowerment
    programmes
    10 Women laws such as Sati Act, Dowry Act, Domestic
    Violence Act etc.
    The Government of India declared 2001 as the year of
    Women Empowerment
    Empowerment needs to be operated at
    different levels
    Familial Economic

    EMPOWERMENT

    Political Social

    Psychological
     FAMILIAL – Make independent decisions in the family, avoid
    domestic violence and relationship battle among family
    members
     ECONOMIC - Poverty eradication, Women and economy,
    women and agriculture
     SOCIAL – Education, health, nutrition, rights of the girl
    child
     POLITICAL – Gain political power and execute political
    responsibilities
     PSYCHOLOGICAL – Face situations with confidence
     Empowerment enables women to acquire knowledge, skills
    and techniques which will help them in their personal and
    social growth as well as foster in them sensitivity
    towards problems in the society.Special efforts are required
    to be taken for education, health and employment of
    women.

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