Target 5.

4 - Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic mothers' skills can boost their income and uplift the Priority Target
work through the provision of public services, infrastructure community.
and social protection policies and the promotion of shared Feasibility: 1. Improving police response time and special monitoring
responsibility within the household and the family as  Leverage existing infrastructure of cases related to physical and sexual violence
nationally appropriate.  Win-win for stakeholders 2. Implementing Domestic Violence Support System
Problem Hypothesis: Single mothers in Odisha confront  Local business involvement 3. Increasing representation of women in Judiciary [2]
financial struggles, social stigma, and limited access to  Aligned with empowerment goals Solution:
healthcare & education. These challenges hinder economic  Phased implementation for quicker impact.
involvement & well-being, impacting both them and their Risks: 1. Increased recruitment of emergency response
families. 1. Business Engagement: Varying willingness of local operators (ERO)
Specific context in Odisha (As per NHFS 19-20) businesses to hire single mothers. Mitigation: 2. Monitoring of cases by officers of IG and DGP rank
 12.2% of households in Odisha are headed by single Implement effective engagement and incentives. 3. Training of Health Care Providers (HCPs) in
mothers 2. Financial Sustainability: Financial challenges in identification of domestic violence symptoms and strict
 Single mothers in Odisha are more likely to live in providing wage subsidies and training. Mitigation: protocols for reporting of such issues[3].
poverty than married mothers Careful budgeting and fundraising. 4. Mandating law firms to take pro bono cases of the
 Single mothers in Odisha are more likely to have 3. Skill Gap: Addressing skill gaps for job victims of DV.
difficulty accessing essential services, such as opportunities. Mitigation: Targeted training 5. As per the website of the Odisha HC, there are
healthcare, education, and childcare programs. currently no women judges serving. This can be solved
Solution: 4. Limited Market Opportunities: Competition in by:
A. Rozgar Sathi Yojana service projects. Mitigation: Feasibility studies, 1. Transparency in collegium system
Establish a program that partners with local businesses & marketing support, and collaborations. 2. Minimum % of reservation for women in HC.
industries to create employment opportunities for single 5. Policy Implementation: Ensuring effective program
mothers implementation through monitoring and advocacy. Feasibility:
Implementation: 1. The total annual cost of maintaining the fleet of ERO
 Identify and engage businesses willing to hire single Target 5.2 Eliminate Crime Against Women would be 150 (operators to be hired [4]) * 21,000 (base
mothers Problem Hypothesis: Despite progress, Odisha still faces salary) * 12 months ~ INR 4 crores, which is far less than
 Offer incentives to businesses such as wage pervasive crimes including sexual and domestic violence what it spent on subsidies.[5]
subsidies for hiring single mothers against women, threatening their well-being and 2. Special monitoring of crimes against women can have a
 Provide vocational and skill development training empowerment. significant impact[6] at no added cost.
 Develop a mobile app to connect single mothers 3. Include DV symptom recognition in routine training
with job opportunities (which will have minimal costs) for healthcare professionals
Current solutions: Odisha government offers schemes like Crimes Against Women (NCRB
to ensure early support access for victims.
Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana & Mission Shakti for women's data) 4. In judiciary, mandate law firms for pro bono domestic
employment. Yet, more is for their workforce success.
Abduction violence cases to improve pending clearance rates[7].
B. Seva Shakti Samuh
Domestic Violence
Implement a minimum % reservation for women in the High
Form cooperative groups of single mothers for community-
Court for diverse perspectives and SDG 5 (gender equality).
based service projects & income generation Crimes against Children
Implementation: Rape Risks:
1. Train and equip cooperative groups with skills for
Physical Assault
services such as tailoring, catering, childcare etc. 1. On time hiring of EROs
2. Collaborate with local businesses and communities Total Cases 2. Regular inspection of progress reports of each
to source projects 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 district by senior level officials.
3. Provide marketing support to promote services 3. Ensure proper budget utilization for "Sakhi"
2021 2020 centres, where last time 50% budget went
Current solutions: Cooperative groups primarily focus on unutilised[8].
agriculture. Expanding into diverse services utilizing single Odisha ranks 3rd in terms of crime against women in the
country rising by 23% since 2020 [1].
 4. Establish understanding between Judiciary and 4. Feasibility Positions[14]
Executive for women's reservation and pro bono In Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West
case mandate. a. Feasibility of ‘Pad Bank model’: Government has
already launched Khushi Scheme which provides Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka
Target 5.6 - Ensure universal access to sexual and sanitary pads to 17 lakh students costing 70 crores per and Odisha, female rural wage
reproductive health and reproductive rights year. With the help of replicating the same with rates were under 70% of the of
distribution by teachers, the topic can be sensitized and the male workers[15]
1. Problem Hypothesis: knowledge can be imparted 20-30% of adolescent girls were
aware about pregnancy and 70-80%
a. Lack of Sexual Education - In a study conducted, only b. Replication of ‘Udaan Tara’ model of Dhaulpur: As per contraception[16]
20-30% of adolescent girls were aware about pregnancy BioMedCentral, cost of sexual education is $13.5 per
and contraception 71% of households have access
person in Orissa, India which is roughly INR 1,120 per 5.6 29%
to a toilet facility[17]
b. Prevalence of teenage Pregnancy – 20.5% of married student
82% of women age 15-24 use a
women were under the age of 18 and b. The prevalence The number of students in government schools from grade 8 hygienic method of menstrual 18%
of teenage pregnancy is 7.6% to 12 is 8.5 lakhs protection[18]
c. Lack of access to toilets and menstrual hygiene - 71% Women owning a house and/or
Therefore, the total cost comes to be around = $13.50 * INR land (alone or jointly with 57%
of households have access to a toilet facility. Overall, 83.41 (conversion rate) * 8.5 lakhs = ~ INR 96 crores
82% of women age 15-24 use a hygienic method of others) - 43%[19]
5.a
menstrual protection (As per NFHS-5 data). As per IIPHB c. Competition: Assuming the competition prize will be Women having a bank or
data, 37% couldn’t afford to buy Sanitary napkin and INR 500, the total cost would be 500* 8.5 lac savings account that they 14%
30% women feel that using sanitary pad over cloth is government schools = 42.5 crores themselves use - 86%[20]
not beneficial for reproductive health Women who have ever used the
5. Risks: As per WHO, Adolescent girls' limited knowledge of 75%
internet - 25%[21]
3. Solution: sexual and reproductive health (SRH) leads to risks like early 5.b Women having a mobile phone
pregnancies, abortions, violence, unintended pregnancies,
a. Replication of ‘Udaan Tara’ model of Dhaulpur, that they themselves use - 50%
maternal mortality, and SRH related infections
Rajasthan to cover taboo topics: The adolescent health 50%[22]
programme was launched in the Bari block of Dhaulpur, 6. Evaluation Matrix Participation of females in
96%
Rajasthan in October 2018 as a pilot in 66 schools. In schools age 6-10[23]
February 2021, it was scaled up to cover 587 Prevalence (%)
SDG Metric Participation of females in
government schools where more than 2,000 teachers of problem 5.c
schools age 11-14 86%
have been trained to impart lessons on topics which
Women in rural Odisha earn
might be considered taboo. 5.1 29.70% Participation of females in
nearly 3 times less than men[9]
schools age 15-17 47%
b. Replication of ‘Pad bank’ model of Bareilly, Uttar
Young women age 18-29 years
Pradesh: Rakhi Gangwar, a primary school teacher in
5.2 who experienced sexual 18%
the Bareilly raises awareness about menstrual hygiene Looking at the data in the evaluation matrix, we selected
violence[10]
by employing the motto, "Hamari Kishori, Hamari SDGs 5.2, 5.4 and 5.6 since according to the data, these are
Shakti". Combining the above ‘Pad bank’ model with The prevalence of teenage the top 3 SDGs for the state of Odisha.
7.60%
existing Khushi Scheme, the scheme can be made more pregnancy is 7.6%[11]
effective 5.3
No official data exists on Female
NA
c. Sanitation and sexual education competitions: Genital Mutilation[12]
Organize community-based competitions for the 12.2% of households in Odisha
cleanest and most well-maintained public toilets. 5.4 12.20%
are headed by single mothers[13]
Organize quiz competitions in schools and colleges for
Only 24% Odisha Rural Women
sexual education 5.5
Workforce Occupy High