The Centre on Saturday asked the State governments to effectively implement the Women's Empowerment Policy to ensure gender equality, enhance participation, protection from domestic violence and their economic and social empowerment.
Union Minister for Child and Women welfare Renuka Chowdhary here asked the States to take advantage of the schemes to promote welfare and protection of women in the society.
Addressing a meeting of the State Ministers in charge of women and Child Development, Renuka said that the government recently introduced amendment in various legislations for the empowerment of women including Child Marriage Act and Protection from Domestic Violence besides launching of schemes like gender budgeting, micro financing and Swadhar Homes for Women in distress.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhary said that the Centre has decided to universalize the scheme to cover each and every block of the country with an enhanced budget, increase honoraria for Anganwadi Workers and improve norms and also urged the States to take an expansion of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in a mission mode.