Overview

• At Lucknow’s “Breaking Barriers” conference Governor Anandiben Patel honored 14 women achievers and called for broader recognition of rural female change-makers.
• She urged equal rights and support for transgender children by proposing orphanage care, education and vocational training, drawing on success stories from Kashi and Basti.
• She launched a special HPV vaccination drive for girls from underprivileged backgrounds to protect against cervical cancer through community adoption of child vaccination.
• She proposed linking Anganwadi centres to universities under a KG-to-PG model to strengthen women’s awareness of their rights and access to welfare schemes.
• She outlined empowerment measures for the Musahar Dalit community, including distributing bicycles to students, providing sewing machines to women and mobilizing public participation in anti-drug campaigns and infrastructure improvements.