{"id":290123,"date":"2024-04-10T19:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=290123"},"modified":"2024-04-10T19:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:49:51","slug":"girl-empowerment-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/girl-empowerment-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Empowerment Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on <strong>\u201cGirl Empowerment Mission\u201d<\/strong> is based on the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2017518\">\u201cNTPC launched a new edition of Girl Empowerment Mission\u201d<\/a><\/strong> published in \u201c<strong>PIB<\/strong>\u201d on 10th April 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, NTPC launched a new edition of the Girl Empowerment Mission.<\/p>\n<h2>About Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM)<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001Q181.jpg?resize=485%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Girl Empowerment Mission\" width=\"485\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1. It is the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> flagship Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. The program aligns with the Government of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">India&#8217;s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. It aims to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">tackle gender inequality<\/span> by nurturing girls&#8217; imaginations and fostering their ability to explore opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>4. GEM facilitates empowerment by conducting <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a one-month workshop<\/span> for young girls over the summer break, providing a platform for their comprehensive development and empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>5. The Mission is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">dedicated to empowering girls by identifying and fostering their leadership skills<\/span> to prepare them for the future. It includes interventions that focus on health, hygiene, safety, fitness, sports, and yoga.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Success of the initiative:<\/strong> The GEM Mission has grown into a national movement. Despite COVID-19 setbacks in 2020 and 2021, it has continued to expand, benefiting 7,424 girls to date.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the program reached <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2,707 girls across 40 NTPC locations in 16 Indian states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/beti-bachao-beti-padhao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beti Bachao Beti Padhao<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus:\u00a0Schemes and Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on \u201cGirl Empowerment Mission\u201d is based on the article \u201cNTPC launched a new edition of Girl Empowerment Mission\u201d published in \u201cPIB\u201d on 10th April 2024. Why in the News? Recently, NTPC launched a new edition of the Girl Empowerment Mission. About Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM) 1. It is the flagship Corporate Social&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/girl-empowerment-mission\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Girl Empowerment Mission<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-290123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}