The government has set up a high-level committee to undertake comprehensive study on the status of women in India as well as to evolve appropriate policy interventions based on a contemporary assessment of women’s needs, parliament was informed Thursday.<\/p>\n
Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told the Rajya Sabha that the 15-member committee will prepare a report on the current socio-economic, political and legal status of women in India.<\/p>\n
“The report will also bring out the interconnectedness of these aspects in terms of their impact on women, and recommend measures for holistic empowerment of women,” she said.<\/p>\n
The committee will also study women’s access to and participation in formal and informal paid employment; emerging areas of participation, geographical pattern of their economic activity and unpaid work.<\/p>\n
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