Womens Empowerment and Agenda for Empowerment

Presented by: Group II

Anjana Dahal Prakash K. Yadhav Sizerin Dhungel Anu Gomanju Anil Dhungana

Agenda for empowerment

Legislation Female Education Labour Saving Technology

Legislation
33% participation of women in every sectors Property Rights Reservation seats in different employments including civic services Provision of citizenship through the mothers origin Safe abortion Policy Age at marriage

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Some policies initiated in 1997 includes: Initiate an extensive campaign against girls trafficking Promulgate laws to end discrimination against women Strengthen co-operation with NGOs and INGOs to implement programs for controlling trafficking Initiate co-operation with other countries at bi-lateral and multi- lateral levels to control girl trafficking and AIDS. Amendment of laws to international standards

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The 1994, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD),

held in Cairo has also emphasized women empowerment and other different core agendas such as:
Promoting womens social legal rights Family planning Reproductive health

Beijing Conference held on September 1995 in Beijing has also following areas regarding women empowerment:
Prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girl Ensure equal access to and equal treatment of women & men in education and health care

Female Education
Comparison of education status of male and female
Male Primary (Enrollment) Lower Secondary (Enrollment) Secondary (Enrollment) Literacy Rate ( > 15 years) 79.4% 36.9% Female 64.4% 25.5%

25.5% 75.1%

16.3% 24.9%

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Education opens the girls eye.. In fact, her eyes are opened to several aspects:

the girl as an individual education leads to greater self-esteem and self-confidence

enable them to discover their own potential develop themselves fully and increase their resistance to gender discrimination

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the family

education helps girls and women to have positive impact on

their families:
better childcare (vaccination, schooling, etc.) better nutrition decreased child mortality better communication with children and other family members

an educated women is better equipped to increase family income and resolve family problem satisfactorily.

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the community and society
education heightens womens awareness of the important
role they can play in the community and society to find solutions to the problems that impede development and social stability.

the nation
with the awareness to her role as citizen an educated women

can play a dynamic roles :

in addressing the economic challenges faced by country in the areas of agriculture production, food self-sufficiency, use and conversation of water and energy, etc. Education alone is not obviously not enough to solve the worlds problem, but it remains an essential factor in any development activity.

Conceptual Model
Interventi ons
1. Life Skills Educatio n

Outputs
Cognitive Skills Negotiation and Communicatio n Skills Self-esteem and Confidence Social Approval Utilization of Health Services

Outco me

Expect ed Impact
MMR NMR

Delayed Age at Marriag e

Abortions LBW RTIs /STIs TFR

2. Health Services

3. BCC: Parents and

Labour Saving Technologies

The availability of rural labour is under considerable stress in many parts of the developing world. In the context of Nepal, 85.2% of women are involved in agriculture. In rural setting, large amount of time and energy is spend in: fetching water and firewood and preparing food clearing and tilling land, cultivating crops, planting trees rearing livestock

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Tools and equipments which reduces the drudgery and
improve the efficiency of performing various farming and households activities such as:
harvesting roof water for domestic purposes use of fuel efficient stoves for cooking ensure womens access to water and other essential resources growing crops requiring less labour instead of traditional crops

Develop information and education programs to encourage

key family members to assist women with household and other chores.

References
www.icrw.com www.ccs.in Hands-out of other colleges Social Studies Book; Grade 10