women empowerment

1. Gender Equality and Empowerment of
Women in the Context of
the Implementation of the Millennium
Development Goals
ANKITA MISHRA
14201317100
Meghnad Saha Institute Of Technology
Kolkata

2. Delhi: an unequal and
diverse country
• Population: 14.4 million
o 51.2% women, 48.8% men
o 38.4% indigenous, 61.6% non-indigenous
• Post Conflict and Democracy:
o 36 years of armed conflict (1960-1996)
o 1985: First civilian government elected
o 1996: Signing of Peace Agreements
• Human Development Index: ranks 118 (0,689)
• Gini Coefficient for Income Distribution: 0.55
• One of the most vulnerable countries in terms of Climate Change

3. Status of women in Delhi
Situation of
systematical
disadvantages
for women
Social
Poverty
exclusion
Ethnic
Discriminati
on
Geographic
al exclusion
Cultural
Economic
Political

4. Trends in selected indicators, Millennium
Goals Situation of Women 1990-2010

5. Gender Gaps
Target 6A: Have halted by 2015 and
begun to reverse the spread of HIV / AIDS

6. Gender Gaps
Target 1B: Achieve full and productive
employment and decent work for all,
including women and young people

7. Gender Gaps
Target 1B: Achieve full and productive
employment and decent work for all,
including women and young people

8. Intra-gender Gaps
Goal 5: Improve maternal health

9. Income / Population Ratio:
Employed persons between the ages of 15 and 65
by sex and ethnic identity

10. Sustained increase of women
meeting violent deaths
222
319
393
509
552
586 614
687
720
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
A total of 4,602 cases of
women meeting violent
deaths are registered
between 2001 to 2009

11. Decision-Making
Participation in Local Government
2007 Elections: 6 of 333 mayoralties / municipal councils (1.8%)
235 representation in municipal corporations (5.84%)
Participation in Departmental Development Councils (CODEDE)
2009: 190 women / 861 men
53 indigenous women / 137 non indigenous women
Percentage of Women with a seat in Congress
1986: 7% 2008: 12% (19 non-indigenous, 4 indigenous)

12. Advances for Women’s Equality
Beijing Declaration
(1995)
Peace Agreements
(1996)
National Women’s Forum
(1997)
Millennium Development
Goals (MDG)
(2000)
Social Development Law
(2001)
National Policy for the
Advancement and Integral
Development of
Guatemalan Women
(2001)
Institutional Framework
-Presidential Secretariat for
Women
MDG and Sectoral
Programmes linked with
gender policy and MDG.

13. Links between the National Policy for the
Advancement and Integral Development of
Women and the MDG’s

14. Links between MDG reports and policy
making

15. Lessons Learned
Alliances between women’s organizations and public institutions
Alliances between women and other marginalized groups.
State-initiated action benefiting women creates new opportunities for participation.
Pemanent female representation in local governments and territories.

16. Challenges for the Country
The pace of progress is extremely slow for Guatemala to achieve the MDG’s and gender equity.
•The adverse economic climate
•Historical reluctance to increase the country’s tax rate.
More efficient and effective management of development on behalf of the State
•Improve actions of public policies to achieve gender empowerment.
•To strengthen the planning system at both territorial and sectoral levels.
• To mainstream women’s rights into the public policy agenda, the legal and institutional framework, the
organizational culture and administrative practices.
Continuing the efforts of alignment, harmonization and appropriation in the area of international
cooperation.
Improving transparency, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

17. Secretariat of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Govt of India
https://www.pib.gov.in/indexd.aspx
www.mohfw.gov.in