WELFARE OF WOMEN: LEGISLATIVE AND PROGRAMMATIC MEASURES IN 2013

A.    Legislative Measures: 
1. Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

B. Programmatic Measures:

1.      Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)

2.      RMK: Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (National Credit Fund for Women) 

3. Swadhar – A Scheme for Women in Different Circumstances

4.      Ujjawala

5.      Working Women Hostel (WWH)

6.      Short Stay Homes (SSH)

7.      Family Counselling Centres

8.      Awareness Generation Programme

9.       Condensed Courses Of Education For Adult Women

10.  Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme

11.  Innovative Scheme for the welfare of prostitutes, rag-pickers and other such sections of society. 

12. Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for women to ensure sustainable employment and income generation.

13.  Women Empowerment and Livelihood Programme in Mid Gangetic Plain-‘PRIYADARSHINI’
14. National Resource Centre for Women (NRCW) has been set up with eight functional domains, namely, Poverty Alleviation, Social Empowerment, Health and Nutrition, Gender Budgeting, Gender Rights, Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups, Media and Communication and Information Technology.
15. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC COOPERATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (NIPCCD) - The Training in the areas related to Women & Child Development and Child Rights & Child Protection constitute the major activities of the Institute.

International Women’s Day, 2013: The International Women’s Day was celebrated on 08^th March, 2013