A STUDY OF GENDER EQUITY POLICY (2004) GUJARAT

Gender equity is one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) by United Nation. The Government of Gujarat has formulated the Nari gaurav Niti in the year 2002 is also known as gender equity policy . The main aim of the policy is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and provide the equal right to women, which is one of the most important objectives covered in MDGs. The main role of the policy is to promote conceptual clarity and awareness on gender issues. The policy has also included the technical inputs for gender planning; gender budgeting, gender analysis and Audit of policies. In this paper I would like to study the theoretical background of Gender equity and the reason behind the introduction of the policy. Secondly, i would like to study the philosophy, goal, requirement of Gender Equity Policy 2004.