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India is poised at a critical juncture with a fast-growing economy, rapid urbanization and an expanding youth population. India’s journey towards sustainable development cannot be ensured without the equal participation of its other demographic half - its women and girls, and without a strong commitment to gender equality, and women’s empowerment.

UNFPA India works in close partnership with the Government, other UN agencies, and civil society networks to:

End Gender-Based Violence (GBV): Technical support for programmes and interventions aimed at enhancing social protection and care for GBV survivors through strengthening One Stop Centres, capacity building of diverse stakeholders including the judiciary, police, Women and Child Development departments, civil society organisations, and strengthening the health sector’s response to GBV.

End Child Marriage: Provide technical support for the development of strategic action plans and schemes aimed at ending child marriage and empowering women and girls, build the capacity of enforcement authorities and officials of the Department of Women and Child Development on preventing and addressing child marriage.

End Gender Biased Sex Selection: Strengthening implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act through capacity building of implementing authorities, judicial officers and prosecutors. Provide technical support for the implementation of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme (BBBP), and evidence generation on trends and patterns in sex ratio at birth in India

Mainstream Gender and Rights: Technical inputs on key legal and policy developments including on laws and policies related to Surrogacy, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Trafficking, Medical Termination of Pregnancy, Transgender Persons' rights. Establish key strategic partnerships with civil society organisations, media and Panchayati Raj institutions for enhancing the value of women and girls, and ensuring continuity of critical services (including GBV response) during humanitarian crises.