Women led Development

1.     Economic Survey 2024

2.     2024-25 Gender budgeting

3.     G 20 presidency

• Women-led development 360-degree oriented WLD
• India has moved from women’s development to women-led development:

• Over 218% increase in gender budgeting.

• India’s G20 Presidency in 2023 also listed ‘women-led development’ as one of its six priorities.

• Focussing on measures of protecting women  through the programs like child marriage act, Sati prohibition act, dowry prohibition act etc. It involved protective patronage.

• Focussing on the measures of improving the status of women through educational, health and nutritional programs. It is gender inclusive development

• Focussing on measures to enabling the women to create a feeling that she has no fear. She will be in a position to take decisions about herself.
• Types of women empowerment:

a.       Social empowerment

b.       economic empowerment

c.        political empowerment.

• Dimensions of women empowerment:

a.       Women governance: gender justice, gender equality, gender budgeting, gender sensitivity.

b.       Life cycle approach: Physical security, social security, economic security, political empowerment, community security.

• It focusses on enabling the women to lead the growth story by creating equal opportunities.

2.     Designing the schemes to empower the women indirectly.

2       Participation in development planning

3       Leading the development process

4       Bringing women to leadership positions

5       Gender equality

6       Breaking barriers to women’s participation in development.

• Women-led development holds the potential to create positive outcomes across multiple sectors.

1.     It helps to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5: ‘Gender Equality’

2.     Multi-pronged holistic development of women.

3.     Comprehensive development is achieved

4.     Treating the Women as human beings.

5.     They contribute to the development of the nation.

6.     Women can take the decisions about her family that helps to improve their status.

2.     Nutrition and health

3.     Education.

4.     Employment

5.     Entrepreneurship

2.   Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Women led kitchens – 10 crore benefited.

3.   Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM): Women led hygiene

4.   Jal – Jeevan Mission: Water at the door step: Women led Wat supply

5.   Stand Up India – Women led startups:

6.   Beti Bachao – Beti Padao

7.   Poshayan Abhiyan:

Women led fight against malnutrition

8.   Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – DBT for pregnant women and lactating mothers

9.   Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana – 3.2 crore accounts

10. PMJDY: Financial inclusion of women

11. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana: The skill development initiative.

12. Women led Panchayats:

a.       Mahila Sabhas in Gram Panchayats

b.      Rastriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

c.       Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan

13. Women led  Entrepreneurship:

a.   Mahila – e- haat

b.   Mahila Bank

c.   Mahila Coir Yojana

d.   Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)

14. Women led politics:

a.      18 women ministers since 2014

b.     106^th amendment to provide 33% reservation in the legislature.

2.     At least one women director in 46% of the startups

3.     200+ Padma Awardees are women since 2014

4.     National Sex Ratio improved to 1020 in NFHS 2020

5.     Permanent commission granted to Women Officers in 12 Arms and Services

6.     Entry of women as Agni Veers commenced in all the three Services

7.     43% STEM graduates in India are women which is highest in the world

8.     Women Literacy rate jumped from 9% in 1951 to 77% in 2023 (World Bank Report)

9.     Women Work Force Participation In 2017-18, the participation rate was 23.3% and in 2022-23, it was 37%

10.  Every 5^th entrepreneur is a woman.

11.  Female life expectancy is 73.3% (Men: 67.24%)

12.  55.6% of the 52.6 crore PMJDY accounts are women accounts. as of May 2024.

2.     Community decision making

3.     Inclusive decision making

4.     Multiplier effect on economy

5.     Gender equality

2.     Family as an obstruction

3.     Gender stereotyping

4.     Conservative attitudes of the society.

5.     Undervaluing the value of women’s contribution.

6.     Long hours and lesser job security

7.     Insecurities

8.     Crimes against women

9.     Patriarchy

2.     Education and Skilling particularly in STEM fields.

3.     Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

4.     Feminizing agriculture

5.     Recognizing care economy

6.     Encouraging the women’s Roles in Climate and Food Security

7.     Changing the mindset of the society.

8.     Redesign the work places to be women centric for Reasonable Accommodation.

9.     Women centric transportation

10.  IMF should redefine the GDP to include the domestic work of the women in GDP calculation

• The fruits of women empowerment will require time to ripe and collaborative efforts but all for nothing but a greater good.
• They should be encouraged to contribute to the New India’s Growth story for Vikasit Bharat.

2.     Jija bai – Shivaji’s Mother

3.     Jhansi Laksmi – Led the Sepoy mutiny

4.     Sarojini Naidu – Led the freedom movement

5.     Durga bai Deshmukh – led the constituent assembly

6.     Indira Gandhi – Led the nation as a PM

2.     Leading the public health sector

3.     Leading the girl child empowerment

4.     Transformation of feminine identity i.e. assets in the name of female member of the family

2.     Leading Corporate companies

3.     Breaking the male barriers

4.     Rising Participation in Labour Force

5.     Leading the financial inclusion

6.     Leading the Entreprises

Example:

a.      Highest female graduates from STEM @ 42. 7%

b.     Women in Science and Engineering KIRAN (WISE KIRAN)’

c.      Women Scientist Scheme (1962 women scientists benefitted)

d.     Vigyan Jyoti Program for 9^th 12^th class girls in science stream

Example:

a.      46% local representatives are women

b.     106^th amendment to provide 33% reservation to women in legislatures.

2.     Building the family morals

3.     Leading the social welding – nation building