People residing in far-flung areas are deprived of many opportunities in life.To fight all odds, these women hailing from Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri are being taught to be self reliant in life.
This behaviour is despite the intense narrative of women empowerment and gender equality that has been extensively deliberated over the decades.
Kovind further informed that the Centre has trained thousands of such groups and helped them participate as 'Banking Sakhi'.
Talking about women representation in Narendra Modi cabinet, Nadda, "The role and number of women in the Modi government have increased in recent times. In the Union Cabinet, there are 12 women ministers, 14 per cent of the total. This is a record in India's history."
Bhubaneswar: Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra was in Bhubaneswar to attend the Kiah Fashion Show on Tuesday where acid attack survivors walked the ramp. In an exclusive chat with odishatv.in, she spoke about the recent controversy over her remark on ‘Me Too’ campaign and also talked about her journey. Excerpts from the interview… On attending […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced formation of two special cells in the state for counselling women who are “subjected to violence or abuse.” The two cells in Rourkela and Balasore districts will function in collaboration with the National Commission for Women and Tata Institute of Social Science, the CM said after inaugurating […]
Bhubaneswar: At a time when there have been questions arising on the safety and security of women especially adolescent girls, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have come forward with a joint collaboration on women empowerment self-defence training. Forty girls between 14 yrs and 25 years of age under the […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved ‘Sudaksya’ yojna to encourage women and girls in Odisha to pursue technical education courses. The programme will run for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19. The programme aims to enroll nearly 5000 girls in the 48 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in State by the end of […]
Bhubaneswar: As part of its efforts on empowerment of women in the state, the Odisha government has initiated yet another historic step by bringing down the stamp duty from 5 percent to 4 percent for women on the purchase of land and houses in their name. Earlier, women were used to pay 5 percent stamp […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today distributed free laptops to meritorious students and gave away prizes to successful girls in the self-defence programme at college levels. Attending a state level programme at Jaydev Bhawan here, Patnaik said the youth empowerment programme launched in 2013 is part of his government’s ceaseless efforts for all round development […]
Odisha’s Mission Shakti has in its fold over 6 lakh WSHGs (11% of the country’s total) with 7 million (12% of the total) women members.
New Delhi: As many as 100 additional districts would have One Stop Centres (OSC) aimed at supporting women affected by violence, as part of plans to cover all districts of the country in due course, an official statement said on Monday. “In the Programme Approval Board (PAB) meeting of the Ministry of Women and Child […]
Ballia (UP): The mother of a woman whose gang-rape in a moving bus and subsequent death in 2012 triggered a nationwide outrage has alleged that the Nirbhaya Fund set up in her daughter’s name was not being used for security and empowerment of women. “The Nirbhaya Fund should have been used for women security and empowerment […]
Mumbai: Actress Taapsee Pannu, a keen supporter of women’s empowerment, on Saturday poked fun at a few social media users, who trolled her for wearing a short dress. Taapsee shared a photograph of herself on Twitter in which she can be seen wearing a black-and-white strapless one piece dress with minimal make-up. “Sometimes the best moments […]
New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday announced that she would be working with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to empower women. “Sports can play a vital role in transforming and empowering lives of women and girls. Today, we recognise it as a platform for girls to demonstrate their […]
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