Mission Shakti is a scheme in mission mode aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, security & empowerment.
It seeks to realise the Government s commitment for women-led development by addressing issues affecting women on a life-cycle continuum basis and by making them equal partners in nation-building through convergence and citizen-ownership.
Mission Shakti has two sub-schemes - 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya'. In the Sambal subscheme, which is for safety and security of women, the existing scheme of One Stop Centre (OSC), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been included with modifications and a new component of Nari Adalat - women collective has been added
SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI CABINET MINISTER MoWCD
SMT. SAVITRI THAKUR MINISTER OF STATE MoWCD
The Constitution of India has granted equal rights to women and men in terms of freedom and opportunity. To enable a woman to be the author of her destiny and that of the Nation, a life cycle continuum approach has to be adopted that creates an ecosystem that addresses inherent biases and role-plays, protects and upholds the rights and dignity of women and equips them with necessary skill sets and instil confidence in them to forge their way ahead.
To take the momentum gained so far forward to realize the vision of women welfare and gender equity, a comprehensive policy is required that addresses not only the gaps between policy advancements and the actual delivery of services at the community level but also removes the disparate development pattern in case of extremely marginalised and socially excluded women.
The objective of the Mission Shakti is to provide to all women and girls including differently-abled,socially and economically marginalized and vulnerable groups, in need of care and protection, with short term and long-term services and information for their holistic development and empowerment.
The components under Mission Shakti have the broad objectives of either protecting or assisting women who are victims of violence or in difficult circumstances or for empowering women. The objectives of the Mission are as under:
Provide immediate and comprehensive continuum of care, support and assistance to women affected by violenceand for those in distress
To put in place quality mechanisms for rescue, protection and rehabilitation of women in need of assistance and victims of crime and violence
To improve accessibility to various government services available for women at various levels
Capacity building and training of functionaries / duty bearers under various schemes / Legislations
The scheme will provide financial support for service delivery and for hiring of technical/ other required manpower for the initiatives for immediate and long-term care and support to the targeted women. The services include:
The components under Mission Shakti have the broad objectives of either protecting or assisting women who are victims of violence or in difficult circumstances or for empowering women. The objectives of the Mission are as under:
- Emergency/ Immediate services & short-term care Putting in place mechanisms for providing a continuum of support and care for women affected by violenceand women in distress through dedicated 24 hours helpline by a national toll-free number and integrated services such as temporary shelter, legal aid, psycho-social counselling.
- Institutional Care for long term support: The long-term institutional care component, inter alia, includes taking care of the needs of women right from the conception stage till the time they need such care and support because of their physical, financial and sociological status due to various factors.
- Behaviour Change Communication for dignity and prevention of crime and violence against women: This would include large scale awareness programs and community engagement for gender sensitisation, advocacy, training and capacity building of all duty bearers, service providers and stakeholders through inter-ministerial convergence.
