Odisha: All anganwadi workers to get mobile phones
3 years, 10 months ago

Odisha: All anganwadi workers to get mobile phones

India TV News  

The Odisha government has decided to provide mobile phones to all the anganwadi workers for timely dissemination of information. State Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu said that mobile phones will help to strengthen their work. The government has also decided that each anganwadi centre will be provided with a weighing machine to check the weight of children, she said on Sunday on the sidelines of a meeting organised by the All Odisha Anganwadi Workers and Sahayikas' Association in the Ganjam district. In an attempt to intensify actions in addressing various forms of discrimination and violence against women, the department also released a communication package on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day. "The communication package focuses on issues such as male child preference, gender discrimination, child marriage, dowry, domestic violence, and sexual harassment at the workplace," she said.

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