Article(s) of the CEDAW c. Benefit directly from social security programmes; d. Obtain all types of training and education to increase their technical proficiency; e. Organize self-help groups and co-operatives, in order to obtain equal access to economic opportunities through employment/ selfemployment; f. Participate in all community activities; g. Have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology, equal treatment in land and agrarian reforms, land resettlement schemes. h. Enjoy adequate living conditions in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply.1 94 Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements 2. A. 323B: Tribunals for other matters.3 Provides for establishment of tribunals to deal with disputes of acquisition of any estate by the State. 3. A. 40: Organisation of village panchayats: States to take steps to organise village panchayats and endow such power and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government.4 Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) prohibition of child marriage and ensure strict compliance of these law, promote education, skill development, and employment opportunities for girls. 4. A. 43: Living wage, etc., for workers: State shall endeavour to secure by suitable legislation, living wage, etc., for workers.—The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or cooperative basis in rural areas.5 G4: Gender digital divide is particularly wide for rural women. The NFHS-5 reveals that there is a significant digital divide in the country, with rural women least likely to have internet access. [CEDAW A. 14(2)(d) & 14(2) (h)] 5. A. 43B: Promotion of co-operative societies.—The State shall endeavour to promote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control and professional management of co-operative societies.6 R4: State Parties to improve digital infrastructure in rural areas to ensure that women are not discriminated against in accessing the same. Women focussed training with awareness about the dangers of the digital world should be imparted. ASK TYAGI SIR 6. A. 46:Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections: The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women