Article(s) of the CEDAW
Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
graduate scholarship with an aim to compensate direct costs of girl
education to all levels especially for such girls who happen to be a
single girl child in their family.
15. National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education:
The centrally sponsored scheme was launched in May 2008 under
the Ministry of Education, to give incentive to girls students. The
objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to
promote enrolment and reduce drop out of girls belonging to SC/ST
communities in secondary schools and ensure their retention up to
the 18 years of age.
16. Ladli Scheme: Affected by how the girl child is treated in the
society, the Government of Haryana came up with the Ladli scheme
to bring changes in the attitude of people towards girl children, while
eliminating cases of female foeticide. The scheme offers Rs. 5,000
per year for a time period of 5 years as financial incentive to all the
residential parents of Haryana.
17. Sabla: The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent
Girls (RGSEAG) Sabla is a centrally sponsored program of Government
of India initiated on April 1, 2011 under Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
18. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme for Girls Education: It
is a scheme launched in July 2004, for setting up residential schools
at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST,
OBC and minority communities. The scheme is being implemented in
educationally backward blocks of the country where the female rural
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Gaps in the
implementation of
CEDAW in India (G)
and its corresponding
recommendations (R)
family obligations with
work responsibilities.
G13: It is a prevalent
practice in private sector
organisations to terminate
pregnant women to avoid
giving maternity benefits
to them. [CEDAW A. 11(2)
(a)&(b)]
R13: Maternity Benefit Act
should be uniformly and
effectively implemented
in both public and private
sectors.
G14: Given the sociocultural realities of India,
only a few women get a
chance to represent India
at international levels or
to work for international
organisations. The
women representing the
State at international
level, including in
delegations, postings,
assignments, committees,