Gender Equality and Women

Empowerment
Amita Patra
Asst. Director, SIRD&PR
PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE:

• Participation
• Accountability
• Transparency
• Responsiveness
• Inclusiveness
• Equity
• Upholding the right
Issues :
• How Gender Sensitive are current Governance Institution
and Process?
• Has reservation empower the women if so to what extent?
• What is the degree of their inclusion in the rural power
structure?
• Do the women decide on their own to context in the
election?
• How do they involve themselves in electioneering?
• How do they discharge their functions while holding public
office?
• How do they respond to the challenges from the family,
community, political party, officials and others?
• Can they be the change makers? Why not?
ANALYSIS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FROM DIFFERENT
DIMENSIONS

• Life cycle Approach

• Community Approach
• Sectoral Approach
• Gender point of view
• Livelihood Approach
• Power dynamics
 AREA OF CHALLENGES

• Representation
• Participation
• Opportunities
• Decision making process
• Need and Priorities
• Division of Public and private space
• Access, ownership and control over
resources
 PANCHAYATIRAJ DEPARTMENT
• Reservation of 50% of seats in Panchayati Raj Institutions
• Reservation of the seat of vice chairperson in each tier in
such places where the chairperson’s seat is reserved for
male.
• Minimum 30% attendance of women in Gram sabha for
quram
• Minimum 10% of attended voters of Pallisabha should be
women
• The fourth standing committee on each tier consist of
only Women elected PRI members.
 PANCHAYATIRAJ DEPARTMENT
MGNREGS :
Minimum 33% of the unskilled labourer should be women.
Equal wage for male and female.
Crèche facility for the children less than 6 year at the work site.
Preference to give work to women nearby their house.
DAY NLRM :
Formation of SHG & Federation
Skill development
Linkage with the bank
Promotion of market
Information dissemination on different social issues
PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA :
Preference to the houseless single women
Joint work order in the name of husband & wife
WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
• Integrated Child Development Scheme
• Kishori Sakti yojna and Sabala (9 districts)
• Mamata &Indira Gandhi Matrutya Sahayika yojna (2 districts –
Sundergarh, Bargarh)
• Beti bachao and Beti padhao (Nayagarh) & Biju Kanya Ratna
(Angul, Dhenkanal, Ganjam)
• Mission Sakti
• Child Line-Toll free no-1098
• Help Line-181
• Women & Child Desk
• Social Welfare Board
• State Resource Centre for Women
• Integrated child protection Scheme
HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT

• Janani Surakhya Yojna

• Adolescence Reproductive & Sexual Health
• Prevention of Anaemia through de worming and
iron plus initiative
• Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre
• Observation of Village Health & Nutrition Day
• Immunization
• Health Check up and referral service for women &
children
 SCHOOL AND MASS EDUCATION

• Mid Day Meal

• Kasturiba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
• Provision for free uniform, scolarship
• Mothers Teacher Association
• Vocational and Life Skill Education
• Self Defence training
• Separate toilet for Girls
 What can be done?
• Reservation is not the panacea; but it throws up
an excellent opportunity
• Moving from critical mass to critical action
• Capacity Building
• Changing rotation rules
• Deepening of democracy
• Interface between Self-Help Groups and elected
women representatives
• Federating elected women
 What can be done?

• Mobilize competent women to contest

• Capacity building to meet their specific
requirements/ problems.
• Establish Gender Budgeting and
• Women component plans
• Ensuring transparency and accountability
• Provide a support structure
– In the office
– In the family and
– In the society
Thanks