Social/cultural transformation for women

  • male allyship programs eg. He for She
  • Media guidelines for promoting +ve female role models
  • community leadership eg. PRI
  • religious reform, progressive interpretation of texts
  • inter generational dialogue - reform mindset at families

Aspects of patriarchal mindset

  • cultural conditioning - gender stereotype
  • social expectations - women portrayed as dependent
  • institutional bias - male dominated leadership
  • media representation - women portrayed as dependent
  • economic control - limited financial decision making
  • safe urban spaces
  • POSH strict implementation
  • pol representation eg. Women reservation
  • gender budgeting
  • gender sensitivity in schools

When women condition improve, what improves?

  • help women at very bottom of poverty pyramid
  • break inter-generational poverty
  • decision making ability
  • capability approach
  • resilient community, solidarity
  • socio economic indicators
  • non farm employment

Schemes

  • mothers