Government to launch campaign from 1st- 7th March to observe IWD 2020 on 8th March
The Ministries of Women and Child Development, Information < Broadcasting and other Ministries of Govt. of India like Health <Family Welfare (H<FW), Human Resource Development (HRD), Agriculture < Farmer’s Welfare (A<FW), Rural Development (RD), Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA), Finance ,Defence and Home are launching a campaign to observe International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 as a run-up to 8th March, celebrated as International Women’s Day all over the world.
The campaign has a theme for all the days beginning from 1st March, 2020. The themes that are being observed are: education, health and nutrition, empowerment of women, skills <entrepreneurship and participation in sports, special circumstances, rural women <FW is organising camps for women on health and wellness and Anaemia.
The M/o HRD in collaboration with the University Grants Commission (UGC) is conducting round tables on women empowerment on the 7 themes in about 40 central universities around the country.
Road shows are being organised by M/o Housing and Urban Affairs during this period on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Lucknow, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram to educate and inform women on how to benefit from the PMAY scheme.
On 7th Marchthe M/o Rural Development is organising an event in New Delhi where women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) will be invited to interact and discuss various issues related to the Self-Help Groups with Minister and senior officials.
Ministers and Secretaries of various Ministries and experts from different fields will be writing articles in their areas of specialization related to women.