Tag: child rights

Swayamsidha Scheme is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The objectives of the scheme include empowerment through the creation of confidence and awareness among members of SHGs regarding women's status, health, nutrition, education, sanitation and hygiene, etc. The long-term objective of the scheme is to achieve an all round empowerment of women, both social and economic empowerment. Direct access to and control over resources through income generating activities would be the main purpose of women SHGs under Swayamsidha.

The Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP) Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country. The assistance under STEP Scheme is available in any sector for imparting skills related to employability and entrepreneurship, including but not limited to the Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Processing, Handlooms, Tailoring, Stitching, Embroidery, Zari etc.

A Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) is a local, multi agency victim-focused meeting where information is shared on the highest risk cases of domestic violence and abuse between different statutory and voluntary sector agencies.The role of the MARAC is to facilitate, monitor and evaluate effective information sharing to enable appropriate actions to be taken to increase public safety

The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 was enacted by the Parliament with the objective prohibiting presenting, obtaining and demanding dowry from any party to the marriage and make penal provisions for the persons so offering, accepting or assisting. 

Family laws are laws that deal with family-related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, etc. In India, different family laws apply to followers of different religions.

The Division of labour in society has always been a criterion for the division of work on the basis of specialization. Sexual division of labour means specialized roles of men as compared to women. Women have been assigned or denied work in society solely based on sex differentiation while male strata continue to enjoy monopoly out of this discrimination. The Indian constitution provides the right to equality, dignity and freedom from discrimination. They have equality of opportunity in the matter of appointment and various legislation have been enacted e.g., The Equal Remuneration Act, The Maternity Benefit Act to ensure employment of women without any discrimination.

As per the data published by the 2011 census, India has managed to achieve an effective literacy rate of 74.04 percent in 2011. The female literacy levels according to the Literacy Rate 2011 census are 65.46% where the male literacy rate is over 80%.

The children are the supreme assets of the nation. The child marriage violates the right of the child to grow in a healthy and developing environment to grow up in a responsible adult. The child marriage hinders the natural development of children which proceeds with their age. A child is a person which requires special care and attention, child marriage brings early maturity in children with the burden of maintaining a family while girl child is exploited under the pressure of bearing a child while she herself is still a child. Child marriage denies the right to education of children and violates almost all human rights. 

Women have equal rights in all aspects of governing personal, social and public life. Women are entitled to have rights equal to that of men. The rights of women include the right to vote, right against discrimination, the right to take part in governance etc. In History of South Africa, women are treated as second class citizens and were not given nearly equal rights before the enactment of their Constitution. The participation is gradually increased while the Countries of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have significant participation of women and almost cent percent literacy rate.