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London, Sep 25 (IANS) British women who stay at home to raise their pre-school age kids are finding the work so exhausting that they are paying to keep nannies, says a new study. The study highlighting the pressures of parenting found that two-thirds of mothers who stay at home rely on nurseries and nannies. One in 10 pay up to [...]
A comprehensive study on ‘Girls and Women in Prostitution in India’ conducted in 2004, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, had estimated that there were about 2.8 million prostitutes in the country of which 36% are children. The Minister of State (I/C) for Women & Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath revealed in Lok Sabha today [...]
As per NCRB data, total of 25250, 26009 & 27148 cases are pending trial under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) in the years 2007, 2008 & 2009 respectively. The Minister of State (I/C) for Women & Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath stated in Lok Sabha today that dowry deaths are covered under Section 304B of IPC. As per Seventh Schedule, [...]
Following is the outcome document of the International Conference on Women`s Literacy for Inclusive and Sustainable Development , held on 8-10 September, 2011. 1. We, the Ministers of Education and representatives of the E-9 and SAARC countries having assembled in New Delhi, India from 8 September 2011 to 10 September 2011 for a discourse on ‘Women’s Literacy for Inclusive and [...]
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has issued an Advisory dated 4th September, 2009 wherein States have been advised to increase the overall representation of women in Police Forces at all levels so that they constitute about 33% of the police. As far as Human Trafficking is concerned, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has sanctioned a sum of [...]
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Months after forming the West Bengal government by defeating the communists, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has received an invitation from Harvard University to give a lecture on the politics and culture of the state, officials said. Sources close to Banerjee said the formal invitation from the hallowed institution was received at the chief minister?s secretariat Saturday. [...]
The absence of a specific law regulating surrogacy in India makes it a favourite destination for prospective parents from abroad, particularly couples from the United States and the United Kingdom, where it is prohibitively expensive, says Hari Ramasubramanium, a lawyer with Indiansurrogacy.com. “Certainly, stringent legislation is the need of the hour to avoid exploitation and abuse,” he says. Official estimates [...]
Only one incident of Sati has been registered in Chhattisgarh in 2008. As for the other crimes against women, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has recorded 185312, 195856 and 203804 cases in the country in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. This was revealed by the Minister of State (I/C) of Women and Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath in Rajya [...]
The Minister of State (I/C) of Women and Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath has said that to curb female foeticide, Government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy which includes legislative measures, advocacy, awareness generation and programmes for socio-economic empowerment of women. Legislative measures comprise implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, under which sex [...]
Forbes magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world’s most powerful woman, calling her the “undisputed” leader of the European Union and head of its only “real global economy.” Merkel, who has topped the list of the world’s 100 most powerful women in all but one of the years since she became chancellor in November 2005, beat out [...]
There has already been much discussion about the low rates of employment growth in India that are reflected in the latest large sample round to the NSSO surveys. One of the features that has contributed to this decline in employment growth in the most recent five year period is the slump in female employment, which can be considered as one [...]
As per the provisional data of Census 2011, for the country as a whole, the sex ratio has improved from 933 in 2001, to 940 in 2011. However, there is a sharp decline in child sex ratio, in the age-group of 0-6 years, from 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011. For the state of Haryana, the overall sex ratio [...]
As per provisions contained in Article 243 D of the Constitution, 1/3rd of the Seats of Panchayati Raj Institutions and 1/3rd offices of the Chairperson at all level of Panchayati Raj Institutions covered by Part IX of the Constitution are reserved for women. The following states have made legal provision for 50% reservation for women among members and Sarpanches: Andhra [...]
The All India Services (AIS) include Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS). Out of these officers, IAS & IPS are recruited through Civil Services Examination (CSE). The details of male and female recruited through CSE-2007 to 2009 are as under :- Year of Examination 2007 2008 2009 M F M F M F IAS 79 [...]
There has been a phenomenal growth in enrolment of women students in Higher Education in the country. The share of girls’ enrolment which was 11.3% of the total enrolment in 1950-51 has increased to 38.6% (provisional) in 2008-09. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of girls has increased by 4.6 percentage point during 2001-02 to 2008-09. University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken [...]
Women are inducted in Armed Forces as Short Service Commission officers. There is no separate fixed sanctioned strength for recruitment of Women in the Armed Forces, and they are recruited within the overall authorized strength of the respective Services. There is no separate fixed sanctioned strength for recruitment of Women in the Armed Forces. Women are recruited within the overall [...]
As per information available, the following States have made legal provision for 50% reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand. Under Article 243D (4) of the Constitution of India, not less than 1/3rd of the seats of Chairpersons of District Panchayats shall be reserved for women. The State [...]
Complex problems can sometimes be solved with simple solutions. For maternal and child health, significant progress has been achieved in Viet Nam by providing weekly supplements of iron and folic acid, and in the Philippines by encouraging breastfeeding. In the process, both countries have taken a step closer to achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, which calls for a two [...]
The Cabinet today approved the proposal for moving an official Amendment to the Constitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009 for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from 1/3rd to at least 50%. The Constitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 26.11.2009. The official Amendment proposes to add [...]
So believes a large section of society, including women. Are women to be blamed for not being empathetic enough or is this too another form of patriarchy to which women have been conditioned? MOST of the conferences, workshops and meetings on women’s issues end up with the same argument repeated time and again, that women are the worst enemies of women. [...]
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