English language

Home | MyGov

Accessibility

Accessibility Tools

Color Adjustment

Text Size

Navigation Adjustment

Screen Reader iconScreen Reader

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Sort By :

Inviting Comments on the Draft National Policy for Women 2016

Start Date :

May 17, 2016

Last Date :

Jun 21, 2016

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

Submission Closed

Nearly a decade and half has passed since the National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2001 was formulated. Since then significant strides in global technology and information ...

Nearly a decade and half has passed since the National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2001 was formulated. Since then significant strides in global technology and information systems have placed the Indian economy on a trajectory of higher growth impacting the general populace and women, in particular in unique and different ways. The discourse on women’s empowerment has been gradually evolving over the last few decades, wherein paradigm shifts have occurred –from seeing women as mere recipients of welfare benefits to mainstreaming gender concerns and engaging them in the development process of the country. These changes have brought forth fresh opportunities and possibilities for women’s empowerment while at the same time presenting new and emerging challenges which along with persisting socio-economic problems continue to hinder gender equality and holistic empowerment of women.

The policy envisions a society in which, women attain their full potential and are able to participate as equal partners in all spheres of life. It also emphasises the role of an effective framework to enable the process of developing policies, programmes and practices which will ensure equal rights and opportunities for women.

The broad objective of the policy is to create a conducive socio-cultural, economic and political environment to enable women enjoy de jure and de facto fundamental rights and realize their full potential.

Priority Areas

1. Health including food security and nutrition
2. Education
3. Economy
4. Governance and Decision Making
5. Violence Against Women
6. Enabling Environment
7. Environment and Climate Change

Emerging Areas

1. Making cyber space safe place for women
2. Review constitutional provisions to enable equitable and uniform entitlements for women irrespective of caste, community or religion.
3. Protection of surrogates mothers, commissioning mother along with children born
4. Redistribution of gender roles for reducing unpaid care work to maintain balance between work and family roles
5. A comprehensive social protection to address vulnerabilities of single women

Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI invites your inputs on the National Policy for Women 2016 so that a comprehensive policy document may be created which would address all the objectives of this policy.

Download the Draft National Policy for Women 2016 here.

You can share your suggestions till 20th June, 2016.

See Details Hide Details

All Comments

Reset

Showing 703 Submission(s)

Sangita Puri 10 years 1 month ago

विवाह के बाद बच्‍चों को जन्‍म देने पालने में बहुत सारी महिलाओं को नौकरी से इस्‍तीफा देना होता है, पर पांच दस साल बाद बच्‍चों के बडे होते ही उनके पास काफी समय होता है लेकिन तब उन्‍हें न तो प्राइवेट संस्‍थान ही नौकरी देते हैं और न ही उम्र समाप्‍त हो जाने के बाद सरकारी नौकरी ही लग पाती है। उनकी प्रतिभा का देश को कोई फायदा नहीं मिल पाता, इसलिए सभी सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं की उम्र सीमा समाप्‍त की जाए, ताकि बच्‍चों के लालन पालन से मुक्ति पाने के बाद जब भी इच्‍छा हो महिलाएं नौकरी कर सके

Like (2)

Dislike (0)

Report Spam

Parinay_1 10 years 1 month ago

This policy completely neglects the effects of such Empowerment over the Indian Family. We know what the situation is in courts when it comes to false DV cases and women trying to misuse the law to get money and harass the inlaws. The children suffer because they loose either father or the mother. Why is the fact of Indian Men committing suicide because of such cases not taken into consideration while drafting this policy. How can the ministry be Blind to one side and focus only on the other?

Like (4)

Dislike (1)

Report Spam

Lakshmi Parvathy 10 years 1 month ago

Appreciably, the Government has come up with a National Policy for Women after 15 years, which gives nuanced practical solutions to existing problems and identifies emerging problems.But disappointingly, the policy is less confrontational on sexist power structures, systemic violence and inequality making it silent on many gross realities like marital rape, acid-attack, missing girl children, sex-selective abortions, declining rural-female-labour-force-participation, lack of sex-education etc.

Like (1)

Dislike (2)

Report Spam

Santosh Kumar Jha_10 10 years 1 month ago

भारत ही नहीं, प्रायः सभी देशों में महिलाओं को दूसरी श्रेणी का नागरिक समझा जाता रहा है। यह अनुचित है। बहुत सारी बातें हो चुकीं, अब वक़्त आ गया है, जब, हम सभी नागरिकों को अपनी जबाबदेही को समझते हुए, सरकार की इस पहल का ईमानदारी से स्वागत करना चाहिये और जब भी मौका मिले अपना-अपना योगदान देना चाहिये। इस दिशा में कोई भी पहल तब तक वास्तविक धरातल पर कामयाब नहीं हो पाएँगी, जब तक हम पुरुष, महिलाओं को दूसरे दर्जे का नागरिक समझते रहेंगे। अतः मित्रों, आयें, पहले आत्मशुद्धि कर लें!

Like (2)

Dislike (4)

Report Spam

Renuka Kad 10 years 1 month ago

Violence against women related- in the police station when victim of domestic violence women goes that time always police said its your family matter do not register the case. My stand for this is that every crime case to be registered in police station. Second issue of single women govt should provide support for them. safe and securied atmosphiere in the family, in the society and workplace.

Like (1)

Dislike (2)

Report Spam

Mitu Khurana 10 years 1 month ago

I have written to MoWCD , increasing number of female judges or number of family courts will not serve any purpose if the judges (yes even women) are given training to be more gender sensitive. All judges - mahila courts, family courts, criminal courts need to be given training to be more gender sensitive.compulsory video recording of all proceeddings in courts will help a lot.

Like (4)

Dislike (2)

Report Spam

amit shrivastava_16 10 years 1 month ago

No patronage , no support, no moral and legal support, no monetary support, tell us sir, how the male/boy will take care of the family in this world??India is male dominated society??na.soon we will convert it to female based society where every rule , right and privilege is given to women and no right but all blames, all liabilities are been burdened to male.India Shining.

Like (5)

Dislike (2)

Report Spam

amit shrivastava_16 10 years 1 month ago

Sir,Everything for women and female child??we , as male and boy, are unwanted??If the nation, policy make feel that we male are burden to society, pls start sex determination tests , to kill every male infanticide , so that only girl child will survive and exist.There is not a single word,, for male child??Does the male has done anything wrong?will The Government made it sure, that male are burden on India?who will take care of male/boy?No scholarship to male, no reservation to him.

Like (5)

Dislike (2)

Report Spam

Saurabh Awasthi_13 10 years 1 month ago

Bring stringent procedures for misuse of law being done by women in today's society because not just men are a victim here but millions of innocent women who are falsely accused are victims. These abuses are becoming more and more in the society because there is no strict punishment for women abusing the legal framework and system. Why should a women not be jailed for 3 years for falsely accusing a man and his family incases like DV and 498A? MEN undergo domestic violence SAVE THEM.

Like (5)

Dislike (1)

Report Spam

Saurabh Awasthi_13 10 years 1 month ago

In a nation so huge and great, MEN legally are cheaper than animals(even they have a ministry). Treat MEN as HUMANS and save them by creating a GENDER NEUTRAL SOCIETY. EMPOWERMENT comes from equality, honesty and strong character and it does not come when one is provided tools of loosely written laws and other can become a victim of misuse of law. We are moving towards a HIGHLY GENDER BIASED society where MEN have no place and this needs to STOP. PROMOTE GENDER NEUTRALITY.

Like (4)

Dislike (1)

Report Spam