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Short Answer Questions
1. What is an Aanganwadi? What are its functions?
2. Why educating a girl is more important than educating a boy?
3. Compare and contrast the status of an educated city woman and a
4. How can women contribute towards preserving environment?
5. Which steps has the government taken to empower women?
Long Answer Questions​

Answer 1

1 . An anganwadi worker is required to organise and provide supplementary nutrition for children, pregnant women and nurshing mothers.

Functions -

• To improve the nutritional and health status of children below the age of six years.
• To lay the foundation for the proper psychological, physical and social development of the child.
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropouts.
• To achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation among various departments to promote child development.
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health, nutritional and developmental needs of the child through proper community education.

2. Girls have the right same right to education as boys. Educated girls can make informed choices - and from a far better range of options. Educating girls saves lives and builds stronger families, communities and economies. An educated female population increases a country's productivity and fuels economic growth.

4 . Women in the developing world are predominantly responsible for management and conservation of resources for their families. Women spend vast amounts of time collecting and storing water, securing sources of fuel, food and fodder, and managing land — be it forest, wetlands or agricultural terrain.

5. The government launched the Mahila Shakti Kendra in 2017 to empower rural women with opportunities for skill development, employment, digital literacy, health and nutrition. The Mahila Shakti Kendras will work through community engagement through student volunteers in the 115 most backward districts..

i) Women are given the equal right to vote like those of men.

(ii) The Government of India passed the Hindu Code Bill and Kamala Act due to which now girls have equal share along with their brothers in the property of their parents. ...

(iii) To impart education to girls various schools and colleges have been opened ...

Answer 2

Answer:

1. What is an Aanganwadi? What are its functions?

ans. To provide basic primary education along with meals to the children of rural provinces.

2. Why educating a girl is more important than educating a boy?

ans. In most of the societies males are pre-privileged but females aren't. And to abolished such kind of privileges and establish equality and equal opportunities for both the genders.

3. Compare and contrast the status of an educated city woman and a

ans. Pls write the question completely.

4. How can women contribute towards preserving environment?

ans. One of the most of efficient way for women are declining the uses of plastics there houses.

5. Which steps has the government taken to empower women?

ans. The government if India has provided the following schemes to empower women–

1. Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS)

2. Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana.

3. Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls – Sabla.

4. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh.

5. National Action Plan for Children.

6. Digital Laado (DigitalLaado) - Giving Digital Wings To Daughters.