1 WOMEN AND MEDIA * Justice G.N. Ray “There is no chance of the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on one wing.” - Swami Vivekananda The most significant and longest social movement continuing is movement for emancipation of women. Though the primary goal for women empowerment is to improve the quality of life of women but it has also deep ramifications
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National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 aimed at bringing about advancement‚ development and empowerment of women in all spheres of life. However‚ a close examination of social and economic status of women‚ especially in the rural areas shows unsatisfactory achievements in most human development indicators. Citing published facts and figures‚ evaluate the reasons for the failure of the government of India in areas such as growing feminization of poverty; exploitation of women in low paid‚ hazardous
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Quote from a women from a village from Rajasthan ``I want to live in dignity‚ I do not want to be reduced to a state of helplessness where there is no respect for me as a human being - yes‚ that’s what I want‚ I want to live in dignity.’’ According to the village women‚ to live in dignity means fulfilment of basic needs like clean water‚ toilets‚ fuel‚ food and house; education‚ freedom of speech‚ clean environment‚ freedom from violence‚ justice‚ society where men and women are treated equally;
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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Women Training Programme for Effective Participation & Leadership Role within Governance Structures Introduction Women participation and leadership role in governance is imperative to good governance to ensure (i) demographic representation and participation of communities in legislative and policy making processes; (ii) representative articulation of needs towards human development; and (iii) contribution [pic]to government effectiveness and accountability. Although there has been an improvement
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World savings day Once upon a time …the magical words that always start a fairytale. I’m not here to tell you a once-upon-a-time tale; instead I’m going to tell you a story of 2 16 year old girls. Emma and Isabelle. But clearly defines them is their character and outlook to the world. Isabelle is a girl from a well off family and way more mature than emma . But our story here starts not with the kind-hearted Isabelle but with our most acclaimed yet vicarious character the celebrated Miss Emma.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: A VERITABLE TOOL FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA BY ANYANWU‚ ODINAKA GIDEON Department of Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikwe University‚ Awka GSM: +2348064574028 Email: odinaka.gideonanyanwu@yahoo.com A Paper Presented at the Maiden Annual Conference of Women in Colleges of Education Holding at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education Auditorium‚ Owerri‚ Imo State‚ from 24th to 28th November 2014 Abstract: Woman is a term usually reserved for an adult‚ with
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION‚ ISLAMABAD COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (CSS)‚ 2013 Instructions to Candidates & Application Form (Please note that Admission for Competitive Examination is provisional) 1. Please read carefully the Rules for the Competitive Examination and Instructions to Candidates before filling the application form. Please note that the prescribed conditions are not relaxable. 2. The candidate is cautioned that before he/she receives his/her roll no‚ the serial number of the
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1) TO STUDY THE VARIATION OF RESISTANCE WITH THE NATURE OF MATERIAL For this Nichrome and copper wires of same length (1m) and area of cross section(0.5mm) are taken. One of them (say nichrome) is connected in the circuit and the rheostat is adjusted to get a voltage(V) in the circuit. The corresponding ammeter reading(I) is noted and the ratio V/I=R is calculated. The procedure is repeated for different values of voltage
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WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT? In the simplest of words it is basically the creation of an environment where women can make independent decisions on their personal development as well as shine as equals in society. Women want to be treated as equals so much so that if a woman rises to the top of her field it should be a commonplace occurrence that draws nothing more than a raised eyebrow at the gender. This can only happen if there is a channelized route for the empowerment of women. Thus it is
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