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    While some progress has been made toward empowering women, much work remains to be done. According to statistics, 70% of the world's 1.3 billion people living in poverty are women. Two-thirds of illiterate adults globally are also women. The situation is worse in developing countries, where women still face violence, a lack of education rights, and are considered temporary beings by their fathers. However, organizations both local and international are working to address these issues. In India, initiatives by NGOs and the national government have led to improved sex ratios and literacy rates over time, but the pace of change remains too slow. Overall, women's empowerment depends on many contextual factors, and globally women still lack control over

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    While some progress has been made toward empowering women, much work remains to be done. According to statistics, 70% of the world's 1.3 billion people living in poverty are women. Two-thirds of illiterate adults globally are also women. The situation is worse in developing countries, where women still face violence, a lack of education rights, and are considered temporary beings by their fathers. However, organizations both local and international are working to address these issues. In India, initiatives by NGOs and the national government have led to improved sex ratios and literacy rates over time, but the pace of change remains too slow. Overall, women's empowerment depends on many contextual factors, and globally women still lack control over

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    While some progress has been made toward empowering women, much work remains to be done. According to statistics, 70% of the world's 1.3 billion people living in poverty are women. Two-thirds of illiterate adults globally are also women. The situation is worse in developing countries, where women still face violence, a lack of education rights, and are considered temporary beings by their fathers. However, organizations both local and international are working to address these issues. In India, initiatives by NGOs and the national government have led to improved sex ratios and literacy rates over time, but the pace of change remains too slow. Overall, women's empowerment depends on many contextual factors, and globally women still lack control over

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    Women empowerment

    Each year we celebrate International Womens day on March 8th with a determination to
    commemorate the achievements of women, and to acknowledge the special status they deserve
    in society. The significant question is what difference has it made to the position of women?
    Have women become really strong, and have their long term struggles ended ?
    Though women have progressed in a number of spheres, yet looking from a wider perspective,
    the situation remains grim. According to the statistics by CARE, out of 1.3 billion people who live
    in absolute poverty around the globe, 70% are women. Reflecting on UNESCOs medium term
    strategy 2008-13, gender equality has been assigned as organizations global priority.
    Astonishingly, two third of the 774 million adults in the world who cannot read is women.
    The context in the developing and third world countries is worse. Women here are still subject to
    honor killings, they are still denied their basic rights to education and freedom, and face violence
    and abuse. It was observed in a CARE project working with adolescent girls in India, that these
    girls were considered as temporary people who would cease to exist, at least for their fathers,
    once they are married. In many places in India, domestic violence is acceptable to women, and
    cultural and ethical implications are imposed on their freedom. What does that mean? It would be
    wrong to state that nothing has changed as a number of local, national and international
    organizations are working together to mitigate the problems, yet their is a long way to go.
    Initiatives by NGOs like Jan Chetna Manch, Foundation to educate Girls Globally, The Hunger
    Project, STEPS Women Development Organization, in addition to the National Mission for the
    Empowerment of women(NMEW) launched by the Govt. of India are some significant steps
    towards the goal, and the 2011 Census have shown some improvements too. The sex ratio in
    India has improved from 930 in 1971 to 940 as per 2011 census. The female literacy has also
    increased from 18.3% in 1961 to 74% in 2011, in addition to decrease in male-female literacy
    gap from 26.6% in 1981 to 16.7% in 2011.
    These indicators may show improvement, however, the pace is not desirable. Women
    empowerment depends on a number of factors as location, social and financial status, cultural
    connotations, traditions, and age. Besides the above initiatives, schemes such as ICDS
    (Integrated Child Development Scheme), Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for Children of
    Working Mothers , Dhanalakshmi, Swadhar and many more are in place.
    Despite these schemes, the Global Gender Gap Index observes that India needs to do much
    more to improve the position of women. Persistent health, education and economic participation
    gaps are acting as main deterrents to the growth.
    To conclude, still a vast number of women do not have their own life choices, and speaking
    locally, nationally or globally, empowerment is still in its nascent stages.

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