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1. Livelihood, Education and Development
Basic Facts
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Unemployment together with disguised and under employment continues to be among the biggest challenges in India
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Acute need for enhancing and expanding scarce resource base to meet market demand
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Over dependence on limited agricultural activities - need for exploring and providing alternative and additional income
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2. Quality Education
Basic Facts
- In spite of innovative schemes like operation blackboard, adult literacy programs, universalisation of elementary education, still there are 50 million children who are out of school in India
- Programs from DPEP, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and EGS schemes improved accessibility to the schools and provision of teachers, etc.,
- Decentralization opened doors to the disadvantaged communities and women to participate in decision making process, planning and monitoring of education in schools
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Inclusive Education
Basic Facts
- 2.6 to 3% of the population in India have disabilities
- The National Policy of Education (1986) indicates that there are 3.4 million children with disabilities in the primary education age group and another 1.4 million in the pre-school age group
- Children with disabilities mostly come from the poorer sections of the society
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4. Resource Mobilisation
Basic Facts
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Capacity to contribute 60,000 crores per annum
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Estimated contributions to the give market in India may vary between 1000 - 5000 crores per annum
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5. Women's Education and Empowerment (WE)
Basic Facts
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Except in certain tribal societies, women in most parts of rural India are economically dependent on their male counterparts
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Low literacy rates and lack of employment opportunities in rural areas contribute to economic deprivation and overall underdeveloped status of women
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Child marriage practices, lack of women's control over the number of children she has, and an overall dependence on the male members in a generally patriarchal society contributes immensely towards the low social status of women - especially in rural India
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6. Research and Advocacy
In order to inform AeA's advocacy strategies some research would be initiated on women's education and empowerment. Some documentation and publications that are planned relate to
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