COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

cooperation, child development and women
empowerment. The Institute is also an apex body for
training of functionaries of Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS) programme. It has been providing
technical advice and consultancy to government and
voluntary agencies and implementing policies and
programmes for child development and voluntary action.
The Institute also collaborates with regional, national and
international agencies, universities, research institutions,
and technical bodies.
8.5 The partnership with national and international
agencies has widened the vision of the Institute in making
its training and research activities more relevant to the
needs of its clients. The Institute is continuously
strengthening its research base on issues of women and
child development, developing its academic capabilities,
expanding its contacts with voluntary organisations to
enhance exchange of voluntary initiatives, undertaking
innovations in training methodologies, designing and
revising of training curricula and monitoring the situation
of women and children in the country. Its Headquarters and
four Regional Centres continue to build up capacities of
the child care functionaries and civil society organisations
and promote voluntary action. Besides, the Headquarters
organises programmes sponsored by various international
agencies such as WHO, UNODC, UNIFEM, UNESCO,
UNICEF, CARE, WFP etc. The Institute also undertakes
research and training activities sponsored by various Central
Ministries and the State Governments. The Regional Centres
also take up projects at the request of State Governments.
The Institute and its Regional Centres have also been
identified as a nodal agency for Early Childhood Care and
Development, Childline Services, etc.
8.6 The activities of the Headquarters of the Institute
are carried out through two Departments, viz. Department
of Mother and Child Care and the Department of Training
and Common Services. An Additional Director as an
administrative head who is responsible for providing
academic inputs to its activities and programmes heads
each Department. Presently there are five programme
divisions, viz. (i) Public Cooperation, (ii) Child
Development, (iii) Women’s Development, (iv) Training,
and (v) Monitoring and Evaluation, each supervised by a
Joint Director. The Documentation Centre of the Institute
on Women and Children (DCWC) is a specialised
documentation and reference centre, which disseminates
information on children and women both within the
country and abroad.
8.7 The Institute has four regional centres located at
Bangalore, Guwahati, Lucknow and Indore which cater
to the region-specific needs in training, research and
consultancy in the areas of women empowerment, child
development and voluntary action.
8.8 The Institute is supported by well qualified interdisciplinary
faculty equipped with appropriate skills to
generate innovative ideas on various issues related to
women and children. Many faculty members, by virtue of
their academic or professional contribution have been able
to carve a niche for themselves both at national and
international level.
Programmes and Activities
8.9 The Institute conducts training programmes under
three broad categories, namely (i) regular training
programmes, (ii) training of ICDS functionaries, and (iii)
training programmes under Other projects, in the areas
of Public Cooperation, Child Development and related
issues.
Regular Programmes
8.10 Under regular training programmes, the Institute
organises orientation/training courses and workshops/
seminars for representatives of voluntary organisations and
officials of government departments engaged in
implementation of programmes of mother care, child
development and women’s development. The Institute
also conducts programmes on subjects of topical interest
in these fields to highlight the role of voluntary
organisations and government departments in tackling
emerging social problems including those having a bearing
on welfare and development of children and strengthening
the service delivery system. These programmes are aimed
at creating consciousness in the community about the needs
of the child and mother and help channelising it into
concrete action.
8.11 The Institute has been consistently trying to
maximise the outreach of its regular programmes for
officials and non-officials engaged in the area of women
and child development with the available resources. The
Institute progressively extends its target groups and areas
of concern. The Institute has expanded its areas of
coverage, inter-alia, early childhood care and development,
adolescent development and health, juvenile justice
system, trafficking among women and children, domestic
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