7.2. Priority Areas for a New National Policy for Empowerment of Women

♤ Health including food security and nutrition

♤ Education

♤ Economy

♤ Governance and Decision Making

♤ Violence Against Women

♤ Enabling Environment

♤ Environment and Climate Change

Policy also describes emerging issues such as making cyber spaces safe place for women, redistribution of gender roles, for reducing unpaid care work, review of personal and customary laws in accordance with the Constitutional provisions, Review of criminalization of marital rape within the framework women’s human rights etc. relevant in the developmental paradigms.