HOWIF supports Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Government of India Initiatives

India is committed, both constitutionally and through its policies, to achieving gender equality in all spheres of life.
The Constitution of India prohibits discrimination based on gender, upholds women’s right to participate in political and decision-making processes and also reiterates the country’s commitments towards the socio-economic well-being of women in India.
To further efforts towards this goal, India has also launched several national level schemes and programmes. The Gender Budget Statement was introduced in the government budget of 2005-06 to highlight the differential impact of budgets on men and women by dissecting allocations and utilisations under government schemes and programmes by gender.
The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, campaign aims to ensure girls are born, nurtured and educated without discrimination to become empowered citizens of this country. Schemes like Sukanya Samridhi Yojana and the Janani Suraksha Yojana ensure the well-being and prosperity of the girl child and the mother.
Under the MUDRA initiative, financial assistance is provided to female entrepreneurs. One Stop Centre aims to ensure the safety and integrity of women. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is aimed at safeguarding the health of rural women by providing them clean- cooking fuel.

Source:NITI Aayog, Government of India