Maharashtra’s ‘gender budget’ for FY 2020-21 unfavourable towards women’s empowerment: UNICEF study
The findings reveal that there have been no interventions for physical health disorders prevalent among women and no allocations for counselling centres for women’s mental health issues, while health insurance for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender persons is not allotted.
December 12, 2020 11:21:23 pm
“There’s a need for a ‘Gender Action Plan’ as women account for 48 per cent of Maharashtra's population.' Said Anuradha Nair, social policy specialist, UNICEF, Maharashtra.
Maharashtra’s ‘Gender Budget’ for financial year 2020-21 is unfavourable toward women’s empowerment and development, and there has been no advocacy towards gender equality, according to the findings of a study undertaken by UNICEF, Maharashtra.