Explain the strategies that are required to bridge the gender gap across states in India. (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
SDG-5 stresses on Gender equality to be achieved by 2030
Strategies required
· States need to strengthen the monitoring of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 for ensuring its stringent implementation.
· Investments in locally customised information, education and communication campaigns also need to be enhanced, including offering rewards for districts that achieve the desired sex ratio.
· Identifying girls who are at risk of dropping out of school and those who have already dropped out is crucial.
· An electronic national educational registry for tracking every child could be a possible avenue for doing this. Relatively higher financial incentives also need to be provided for delaying child marriage (Improvising Beti Bachao Beti padhao).
· Conditional cash transfer schemes like the ‘Kanyashree Prakalpa’, which has been successful in promoting girls’ education in West Bengal, need to be replicated.
· Investments in safe transport options such as Bihar’s bicycle distribution scheme and school infrastructure, especially provision of separate toilets and sanitary napkins, need to be stepped up considerably.
· The implementation of legal frameworks like the Maternity Benefit Amendment Act needs to be monitored and incentivised.
· The 33.3 per cent reservation in Panchayati Raj Institutions (now 50 per cent in some States) has enabled over one million women to participate in local governance every five years. This needs to be replicated at all levels of the governance system.
· Skill training programmes also need to be reoriented to focus on training women in non-traditional areas like construction and taxi-driving.
· Bringing about transparency in recruitment and promotion policies and correcting any gender biases that creep into wages are vital as is ensuring strict implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act.
Rahul 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
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Sandeep 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
Good
answer. Try including about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme. Keep Writing.
Raj 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
Good answer.Try including about SDG-5. Keep
Writing.
Raj 6 years
AP 6 years
Answer.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Mentioning
of Global gender gap index is sufficient. Try elaborating more on schemes like
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Kanyashree prakalpa etc. Keep Writing.
