Social Issues: Empowering Minds. Creating Opportunities
Social Issues: Empowering Minds. Creating Opportunities
Social Issues: Empowering Minds. Creating Opportunities
Son preference - Higher economic utility, Religious practices and Funeral rights
Dowry - Girls are a burden on families, Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, 498a of the Indian Penal Code
(IPC)
Sex-Selective Abortion - Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostics Technique Act in 1994(Sex Ratio
0-6 Years Age – 914/1000)
Gender-based violence – Rape ( National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report), Marital rape,
Rape of minors, Honor Killing. Mathura Rape Case .
Caste Conflict
Consumerist Lifestyle
1987 Sati
Beijing platform for action - Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in ’95
Central social welfare board under Ministry of Women and child Development
Ujjawala - Includes Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-Integration and Repatriation for the victims
Justice Usha Mehra Committee - identify lapses on the part of public authorities and suggest measures to improve
the safety and security of women in the capital
Justice JS Verma - to review existing laws and examine levels of punishment in cases of aggravated sexual assault
and it has submitted its recommendations
Women in Prison
4 per cent of prison population is female
Problems: overcrowding, prolonged detention of under trial individuals, poor living conditions, and
allegations of physical, sexual and mental abuse
need for a comprehensive revision of the prison laws.
Trans Gender
A separate column in all Government and non-Government records to include the third gender.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment along with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
will determine the number of transgendered persons in India and their socio-economic status.
then a new law will be created to protect interests of the community +education, housing, access to healthcare, skill
development, employment opportunities and financial assistance.
List of diseases caused by lack of sanitation - Stunted growth, Cholera and Diarrhoea “Building
toilets is a priority over temples”
Nearly 1.9 million Indians accounting for one-fifth of the global TB cases
More than 72% of rural people relieve themselves behind bushes, 1 billion people in the world who
have no toilet, India accounts for nearly 600m
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) - death of infant before 1 st birthday per 1000 live births
Rural (46), Urban (28) , 12th FYP target: 25
The Government of India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999 with the
goal of achieving universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012, the government introduced
an innovative incentive programme known as Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) in 2003
Difficulties in the usage of toilets will be addressed (eg. need for lighting, inappropriate
location, and so on)
Developing the infrastructural facilities of Short stay homes and Observation homes is a top priority.
School drop outs should be handled properly to ensure that they are not becoming antisocial.
Proper counseling sessions at regular intervals is highly essential for these juveniles.
Delinquents should be dealt in a sensitive manner .Proper training should be given to the authority and
caretakers in these homes.
Education should be an integral part of the positive development of these children in conflict with law.
More parental focus towards their children is needed for their proper development.
DPSP - State to look after Educational and economic interests of SC, ST,OBC.
Issues
Schemes: infra/Services
•Started in 2001.
•RTE is being implemented via SSA.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Kids Infra+services
•alternative schools,
•Bridging gender-social gaps in enrolment, learning.