New Delhi: The state of Uttar Pradesh is going to launch the fourth phase of its women empowerment program, Mission Shakti, on May 6 With initiatives focusing on safety, employment, and hygiene, Yogi’s ambitious Mission Shakti aim to uplift and benefit women from all sections of society.
The Director of the Women’s Welfare Department, Manoj Rai stated that the efforts of the department during the coming week will be primarily focused on the prevention of child marriage and eradication of child labor.
“Under Mission Shakti Phase 4.0, we will conduct a massive campaign ‘Operation Mukti’ for awareness and rescue against child marriage and child labour from May 1 to 7. During the campaign, the Women and Child Development Department will coordinate with other departments/authorities like District Magistrate, Police, Health, Labour, Education, and Child Services and Nutrition among others, along with Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) , Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Child Welfare Committee, District Legal Services Authority, voluntary organizations, and various childline representatives,” informed Rai.
Focus around prevention of child marriage and eradication of child labour
Under the campaign, the entire operation will be conducted by dividing the work among the teams of different concerned department. The pre-determined protocol will be followed and the identity of the children will be kept confidential. All the concerned departments will be informed before the rescue and later the food, travel, medical, shelter, homecoming facilities will be arranged without delay for the rescued children.
With the objectives of safety, dignity and self-reliance of women and children, Mission Shakti was launched with 27 departments on 17 October 2020. Moving beyond women and working towards creating gender equality, the flagship campaign of the Yogi Adityanath government ‘Mission Shakti’ has sensitized over 8.7 crore people between April 2020 and December 2021.
‘Haq ki Baat Ziladhikari ke saath’, ‘Guda – Guddi Board’, ‘Heroine’, ‘Ananta’, ‘Betiyon se samman’, ‘Gender Champions and Meritorious Girls Honor’, ‘Prashasan ki paathshala’, ‘Awareness on mental health and psychosocial issues’ were some of the major programmes conducted under the campaign .