The statistical analysis relating
to women’ safety, health status and crimes against them done by various
scholars through the media reveal
that there are several miles to
cross before we reach higher rank in gender equity. If the government is really
serious about ensuring dignified living conditions to the Indian women, it has
to concentrate on effective measures for women’s social, economic, legal and
political development . A minister with cabinet ranking should be in
charge of women affairs and the Women Commissions at the central and state levels and these
commissions should be given more powers
and headed by eminent women with expertise in women issues and not by political
appointments . Women development measures would ensure self help measures since
the empowered women would have awareness
about the dangers surrounding them and the recourse to legal remedies. Such women would also take preventive, promotive and curative
measures for better health status of women and female children.
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