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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA IN CONTEXT WITH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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Author(s):
RATIKA SHARMA
Vol - 8, Issue- 8 ,
Page(s) : 297 - 301
(2017 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST
Abstract
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which include eight goals were framed to address the world's major development challenges with health and its related areas as the prime focus. In India, considerable progress has been made in the field of basic universal education, gender equality in education, and global economic growth. However there is slow progress in the improvement of health indicators related to mortality, morbidity, and various environmental factors contributing to poor health conditions. Even though the government has implemented a wide array of programs, policies, and various schemes to combat these health challenges, further intensification of efforts and redesigning of outreach strategies is needed to give momentum to the progress toward achievement of the MDGs.
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