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3 President- Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Nari Shakti Puraskar at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today on the occasion of International Women s Day. Discriminating between men and women is essentially a problem of mindsets in society. To ensure composite development of the country, it is necessary to remove such discrimination.

4 Every person in society is responsible for changing such mindsets. - We should listen to voices of our daughters and provide them all opportunities to make the most of their lives. We should change customs and traditions that hinder giving equal rights to our daughters. The President said that awareness and education are effective tools to overcome gender inequality. Education provides the power and understanding to eradicate distinctions between people in society.

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6 . P R O F I L E PRASHANT MAVANI MSc. in Management, University of Surrey (UK) Senior Faculty: StudyIQ Follow/Contact Download PDF notes of this lecture from my FB Page

7 Met survivors of human trafficking - He also launched a skills training programme for the young survivors, organised by an NGO, Justice and Care. President said that human trafficking is a social evil. It is not a common crime but a crime against humanity. The entire society must unite for its eradication

8 International Women s Day- As the name implies, is dedicated to celebrating womanhood.

9 - The day also emphasises the importance of gender equality. On this day, people from all across the world come together to partake in the celebration of womanhood. Before the UN adopted it in 1977, the day was mostly celebrated in socialist and Communist countries. The day was initially celebrated as International Working Women s Day and the earliest celebration is believed to be held at a socialist-political event in New York City in 1909.

10 Sad news A disabled woman gang-raped in a small UP town committed suicide after months of futile waiting for justice. A Pune woman was raped on the roadside after her male friend was shot dead. The more the news scanned, the more such reports.

11 Optimism One part of the reason for the fall in women s work participation is that more young women are staying back in education. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which encourages retention of postpubescent girls in the school system. Menstrual hygiene is increasingly not a dirty term. India s rise from the 150th nation in mobile data consumption to the first in a span of two years allows women achievers in diverse areas, ranging from sports to entrepreneurship, to become role models for young girls across the country, stirring ambition and aspiration

12 Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon state governments to make Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao programme a mass movement and a social mission. Mr Modi said, mistakes committed by generations against the girl child have resulted in imbalance in society, which needs to be corrected by new generations. Female foeticide is a matter of deep shame and mothers-in-law should lead in protecting the girl child.

13 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Programme was launched two years ago from Haryana Aim: to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls. The scheme has been expanded from the present 161 districts to 640 all over the country. National Nutrition Mission (NNM) and NNM-ICDS Common Application Software.

14 The mission strives to reduce under-nutrition and low birth weight and bring down Anaemia among children, women and adolescent girls. The objective is also to reduce stunting in children. - The government today announced launch of 100 per cent oxobiodegradable sanitary napkins named Suvidha as a special gift for women. It is priced at an affordable rate of 10 rupees for a pack of four pads.

15 3200 Janaushadhi Kendrasacross India - SUVIDHA napkins would be physically available at all Janaushadhi Kendras in the country by May 28, 2018 World Menstrual Hygiene Day, the Minister informed. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)

16 Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises Launched a portal for women entrepreneurs of India : The Minister said that India has around 8 million women who have started and are running their own businesses and the Ministry of MSME believes that the women in India can play a vital role in the growth of the Indian economy. The portal is a network for nurturing entrepreneurship and creating business models for low cost products and services in order to empower women and make them self-reliant and self-sufficient. The portal provides assistance through its platform for entrepreneurship learning tools, incubation facility, training programs for fund raising, providing mentors, one-on-one investor meet, provide market survey facility and technical assistance.

17 Ministry of Human Resource Development SWAYAM: WAYAM will provide one integrated platform and portal for online courses, using information and communication technology (ICT) and covering all higher education subjects and skill sector courses. SWAYAM Prabha: is an initiative to provide 32 high quality educational channels through DTH (Direct to Home) across the length and breadth of the country on 24X7 basis. National Digital Library (NDL): project is to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility.

18 - e-shodh Sindhu: Consortia for Higher Education E- Resources is to provide access to quality electronic resources including full-text, bibliographic and factual databases to academic institutions at a lower rates of subscription. The Free and Open Source Software for Education (FOSSEE): project has been promoting use of open source software in educational institutions. Virtual Lab: The project aims to provide remote-access to virtual laboratories in various disciplines of science and engineering for students at all levels from under-graduate to research.

19 Answers- 1. Who was British PM at the 2 nd Round Table Conference? A. Clement Attlee B. Neville Chamberlain C. Ramsay MacDonald D. None of the above 2. Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere contains water vapour and dust particles? A. Inonosphere B. Mesosphere C. Startosphere D. Troposphere

20 Questions- 1. Highlight social, political, cultural, economical, technological achievement of women and their significant contributions to society.

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