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Report of the Working Group on Womens Agency and Empowerment
Type of Measure
Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2011
Brief Description
The report of the Working Group on Women's Agency and Empowerment in the Twelfth Five Year Plan states that empowerment of women is a socio-political ideal, encompassing notions of dignity and equality, envisioned in relation to the wider framework of women's rights have also been identified. Addressing violence against women, in both public and private sphere, is an overriding priority of the Twelfth Five Year Plan.
Source of Information
Government of India, National review on Beijing +20, 2015, page 22.
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