Schemes for upliftment of women and child welfare

 We are heading towards a mission of bringing an inclusive society. It enables the path of sustainable economic and social development of the nation and promotes peace and harmony within society that we all coexist. For that awareness and schemes are needed to be generated for creating a progressive environment that broadens the mindset of the people. Women and child development are one of the major focus areas of creating a progressive, as well as an inclusive society. It can be achieved by giving attention, rights, and privileges to women and children by every individual in society. The social ripples, which is an initiative towards sustainable development promotes that the United Nations sustainable development goal 5- gender equality and sustainable development goal 8- decent work and economic growth strongly supports women and child development. They also advocate that schemes related to the upliftment of the women and child welfare should be applied on a war footing level.  

Importance of women and child development

The development of a nation refers to the development of every individual living in that nation. Most of the Indian population is comprised of women and children. Hence, they become the core pillars of national development, and it is necessary to consider their development when we think of national development. Achieving women and child development will help us to open the doors of sustainable development not only for the present generations but also for future generations. 

In most parts of our country, many of the women and children are seen as unprivileged from their fundamental rights of education and good nutrition. Moreover, they are facing problems such as violence and harassment. Most of the children from the families that are below the poverty line, are forced to do unsafe Labor works and are facing health problems such as malnutrition. Women and children are also seen to be deprived of good health and sanitation.

Schemes for the upliftment of women and child welfare

The ministry of women and child development is of the vision to ‘empower women living with dignity and contributing as equal partners in development in an environment free from violence and discrimination and create well-nurtured children with full opportunities for growth and development in a safe and protective environment.’

This vision promotes the idea that if you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole nation.

The women and child development department was set up in the year 1985 and was a full-fledged ministry department from 31st January 2006. The schemes defined and proposed by the ministry were promoted, under the mission statement 'promoting safety, social and economic empowerment of women, care and development of children through cross-cutting policies, programs, and schemes.' 

The schemes developed and promoted were based on the following topics:

1. The national mission on empowerment

2. The integrated child protection scheme

3. Empowerment of adolescent girls

4. Conditional maternity benefits 

5. Implementation of 

• Immortal traffic in women and girl act

• The indecent representation of women

• The dowry prohibition

• The commission of sati

At the social ripples, Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini, who is with her mission towards sustainable development, promotes the need for an inclusive society and advocates that it is essential to ensure that women and girls are independent socially, economically, and are politically empowered. It is a sensitive issue and needs joint efforts are needed to achieve the goal of an inclusive society.