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'Nari Tu Narayani'
You have the power, you are the nation's power
Everything is incomplete without you THE INITIATIVE TO JOINTLY GIVE HOUSES
Home, electricity, toilets, water, LPG have IN THE NAME OF WOMEN HAS BEEN TAKEN
empowered you UNDER PM AWAS YOJANA.
Education, health, nutrition, skill, and courage
have paved your way for progress the women of this region have got their due.
Be it a sports turf or a battlefield or a domain The law has also been made stricter in cases
of science and technology of NRIs marrying and then abandoning their
wives.
You have proved your mettle in every sphere The new definition of social perceptions
on getting the chance now comes from the women-centric
initiatives of the Central Government. In order
You are incomparable, always leading, to provide equal opportunities to women,
woman, you are Narayani the Central Government has constituted a
task force to amend the Sharda Act- 1978.
You are now becoming financially empowered The main responsibility of this task force
with getting freedom and amenities would be to determine the minimum age
of marriage. At present minimum age for
The country will become AatmaNirbhar, the marriage of girls is 18 years. In order to
every dream will be fulfilled when provide relief to women victims of violence,
women walk shoulder to shoulder with men. the government has recently approved the
Medical Termination Pregnancy Act, in which
Your aspirations to rise high is the the time limit for abortion has been increased
key to happiness from 20 weeks to 24 weeks. The limit of
If you just go ahead and decide, maternity leave has also been increased
from 12 to 26 weeks. For the first time in the
then success is not far away. direction of breaking social taboos, a Prime
Freedom, culture, honor, power Minister mentioned the importance of easy
all belong to you and inexpensive availability of sanitary pads
for girls from the Red Fort.
Confident woman, you are Narayani Certainly today women are independent,
financially empowered, equipped with
determination, have a sense of security, and
are able to show their dexterity and ability
in every field equally. This has been made
possible because of the efforts taken to
break the stereotype which considers girls
or women as lesser individuals. In such
a situation, it is also the responsibility of
society to take a pledge that with solidarity,
we will end violence and crime against
women and girls.
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