{"id":295069,"date":"2024-05-09T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=295069"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:47:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:17:36","slug":"steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to improve gender parity in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-295118 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?resize=660%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Steps to improve gender parity in India\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post steps to improve gender parity in India has been created, based on the article \u201c<strong>India<\/strong> <strong>can<\/strong> <strong>unlock<\/strong> <strong>growth<\/strong> <strong>by<\/strong> <strong>boosting<\/strong> <strong>nari<\/strong> <strong>shakti<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201c<strong>Indian<\/strong> <strong>express<\/strong>\u201d on 9th May 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC<\/strong> <strong>Syllabus<\/strong> <strong>Topic<\/strong>: <strong>GS Paper 1<\/strong>-society-Women Empowerment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: The article discusses how empowering women economically is crucial for India&#8217;s development by 2047. It suggests policies to increase women&#8217;s employment, enhance their skills, make cities safer, provide clean cooking fuels, and promote urban care services to improve gender parity. <strong>Steps to improve gender parity in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For details information on <strong>Women<\/strong> <strong>Empowerment<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/women-empowerment-economic-political-and-social-explained-pointwise\/\">read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What<\/strong> <strong>policies<\/strong> <strong>can<\/strong> <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>new<\/strong> <strong>government<\/strong> <strong>adopt<\/strong> <strong>to<\/strong> <strong>improve<\/strong> <strong>gender<\/strong> <strong>parity<\/strong> <strong>in<\/strong> <strong>India<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Increase Women\u2019s Labor Force Participation (LFP):<\/strong> Only 25% of Indian women participate in the workforce, compared to 70% in China and 55% in Bangladesh. Raising the current 25% LFP to 50% by providing job opportunities in labor-intensive sectors like garments and footwear through the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme will help drive India&#8217;s GDP growth to 8% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expand Women\u2019s Skilling Programs: <\/strong>Only 7% of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) enrollees are women. Offer more scholarships, establish women-focused training centers, and provide career counseling to improve job outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improve Urban Infrastructure:<\/strong> Ensure safe, reliable public transport and accessible care services, freeing women from domestic duties and enabling employment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promote Clean Cooking Technologies:<\/strong> Provide rebates for adopting cleaner cooking fuels and equipment to reduce the 20-hour weekly burden of cooking with polluting fuels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offer Financial Incentives:<\/strong> Introduce credit access, stipends, and installment fee payments to incentivize women\u2019s participation in training programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leverage Mentorship Networks: <\/strong>Utilize alumni networks and role models to guide women through training and job placement processes.<\/p>\n<p>For details information on <strong>The Alliance for Global Good \u2013 Gender Equity and Equality<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-alliance-for-global-good-gender-equity-and-equality\/#:~:text=New%20Delhi%20Leaders'%20Declaration%3A%20Adopted,24%20for%20gender%2Dfocused%20initiatives.\">read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discuss how empowering women economically is crucial for India&#8217;s development by 2047.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post steps to improve gender parity in India has been created, based on the article \u201cIndia can unlock growth by boosting nari shakti\u201d published in \u201cIndian express\u201d on 9th May 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 1-society-Women Empowerment Context: The article discusses how empowering women economically is crucial for India&#8217;s development by 2047.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steps to improve gender parity in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":295118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,10500,264],"class_list":["post-295069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-indian-express","tag-society","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Steps-to-improve-gender-parity-in-India.webp?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295069","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}