The state government has announced the reformulated ‘Naari Gaurav Niti 2024’. The policy ensures equal rights and opportunities for women and men in all state government development activities.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that the objective of the reformed policy is to ensure an enabling environment for women and girls that further promotes just and equal opportunities, eliminates gender discrimination and accomplishes inclusive development and empowerment through changes in social structures.
The ‘Naari Gaurav Niti’ was first formulated and implemented in 2006 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state. “Gujarat was the first state to include gender issues into the mainstream development agenda, to achieve gender equality through a comprehensive policy aimed at the overall development of women. Due to changing socio-economic contexts and evolving laws, regulations and social conditions, it became necessary to modify the original framework and related aspects of the policy,” the government said in a statement.
The policy integrates eight areas of focus and will be implemented through the coordination among various departments for the overall development of women in the state. Each department has been given the responsibility to act on the issues related to their sectors as outlined in the policy, the release added.
“The policy ensures equal rights and opportunities for women and men in all state govt development activities, eliminates discriminatory attitudes and practices, ensures their fundamental rights and establishes a system based on equality and uniformity,” the statement said.
The statement added there was a need to redraft the policy and expand its scope so that the policy could be aligned with the sustainable development goals. “The reformulated policy expands the scope of existing areas and introduces new ones,” the statement said.
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