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The department is responsible for the implementation of the welfare schemes for children, women, senior citizens and transgender.It monitors the implementation of various enacted social legislation to protect children, women and senior citizens and to prevent child trafficking, dowry, domestic violence against women, child marriage and sexual offences. [1]
[227] [228] [229] On 20 February 2016, Jayalalithaa led AIADMK Government passed the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016, and the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2016 in Tamil Nadu Assembly, enhancing the reservation for women from 33 per cent to 50 per cent in local bodies such as corporations, municipalities, town ...
In the report Understanding the Characteristics of the Sumangali Scheme in Tamil Nadu Textile & Garment Industry and Supply Chain Linkages, the Fair Labor Association listed a number of issues related to the Sumangali scheme: [20] lack of a written employment contract; girls employed as apprentices, paid a stipend instead of a wage
Starting in 1978, she channeled her activities under the aegis of the forum for organizing poor working women and provided them with seed capital to start their small business or to develop their existing business. [1] Arunachalam was born on 8 February 1935 [2] in Tamil Nadu in a Brahmin family and has a master's degree in economics and ...
Women in Bangladesh are engaged in many work activities, from domestic work inside the home, to outside paid work. Women's work are often undervalued and under-reported. [14] The Bangladeshi government has set aside a substantial annual budget of around $100 million to promote the advancement of women in various areas.
Preethi Srinivasan in her office in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu on October 21, 2023. Preethi Srinivasan (born 1979) [1] was the captain of the under-19 Tamil Nadu women's cricket team, [2] and lead the state team to the national championships in 1997 at the age of 18.
Ambujammal Desikachari née Srinivasa Iyengar (1899-1983) was an Indian independence activist and women's rights activist. [1] A Gandhian, she participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and served as vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
Geetha Jeevan was born in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, on 6 May 1970 and is the daughter of N. Periasamy, himself a former Thoothukkudi constituency MLA. [4] She holds a master's degree in commerce awarded by A.P.C. Mahalakshmi College for Women , Thoothukudi, having previously attended Geetha Matriculation Higher Secondary School in the city.