Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 48 : Development Schemes for Women

Introduction

1. The strategy adopted for the programmes in the areas of women development involves empowerment of women through education and awareness generation and greater emphasis on vocational training and employment so as to enable them to enter the mainstream of economic development as equal partners.
2. The department implements programmes in the areas of employment, training for women, awareness generation and gender sensitization.
3. The emphasis is on helping women to become self sufficient and economically independent with the help of training and income generating activities so as to enhance their earning capacity and to bring up their status in life.
4. The department aims at the economic development and integration of women into the main stream of society and also as individuals with a right to human dignity.

Besides expanding the on-going programmes, the department has evolved some innovative schemes such as "Stree Shakthi” for empowerment of women and "Santhwana" for providing assistance to victims of various atrocities in the society.