WOMEN AND CHILD

WELFARE
 Social welfare is aimed at protecting those
sections of the society which are weaker
especially women and children
 Women and children play an important
role in the family as well as in the society
 Women and children are usually the soft
targets who suffer a lot because they are
weaker ,helpless and economically
dependent
MAJOR PROBLEMS

 Women face problems like:

 Gender discrimination
 Devaluation at home and workplace and
in the society
 Harassment
 Mental torture
By the data provided by the MINISTRY OF
WOMEN AND CHIILD there are high
number of cases regarding:
Abduction
Dowry deaths
Rapes
Domestic violence
Mental torture and harassment
TO ENSURE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE NEEDS
TO BE MET ARE:
Awareness
Nutritious food
Proper education
Healthy environment
STRATEGIES FOR THEIR WELFARE
 GOVT of INDIA established the
MINISTRY FOR WOMEN AND CHILD
DEVELOPMENT in 1985
 There are women groups and women
cells
 There are NGO’S like:
 National commission for women
 Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
 Central social welfare board
 Organizations like UNITED NATIONS
DECADE FOR WOMEN
 CEDAW(International convention on the
elimination of all kinds of discrimination
against women)
All these fight for women’s rights their
welfare and upliftment.
LAWS AND RULES IN INDIA
 The protection of women against sexual
harassment at workplace bill,2007
 Protection of women from domestic
violence act,2005
 Dowry prohibition act,1961
 Indecent representation of women
 National commission for women act
 The commission of sati(prevention)act
and rules
FEMALE INFANTICIDE
 It refers to killing of girls at or soon after
birth
 Girl child is considered to be shameful,
unacceptable and a BURDEN even now a
days
 Sex ratio decreased from 972 females for
every 1000 males in 1901 to 929 females for
every 1000 males at present
 Maternal health law of 1994 restricts the use
of technology to determine the gender of
foetus. But the use ultra sound machines to
know gender are more prevalent
CHILDREN WELFARE
 Children are considered to be assets of
the society
 But figures show that out of 21 million
born every year one million are killed
soon after their birth due to socio-
economic reasons
 Many children work as child labors, mainly
because of poverty
SOME WELFARE PROGRAMMES
IN INDIA
 BALIKA SAMRIDHI YOJANA
 CHILDREN IMMUNIZATION
PROGRAMMES
 INTEGRATED CHID DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES(ICDS)
 WORLD SUMMIT ON CHILDREN HELD
ON SEPTEMBER 30,1990 had focussed on
the well-being of the children
 INDIA is also signatory to the WORLD
DECLARATION ON SURVIVAL
,PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN
 A national plan of action by the MINISTRY
OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
has been formulated for child welfare
THUS ITS HIGH TIME FOR US TO WORK
TOGETHER FOR A SECURE AND
CLEANER ENVIRONMENT SO AS TO
GIVE OUR CHILDREN A CLEANER
AND SAFER WORLD TO LIVE IN
THANK YOU