- It is an initiative for women's protection and safety.
- Several women's organisations have been set up under this initiative, including Women Helpline (WHL), One Stop Centre (OSC), Nari Adalats, and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) - women's collectives that promote and facilitate alternative conflict resolution and gender equality in the family and society at large.
- It is an initiative for women's prosperity and empowerment.
- With some modifications, it incorporates the former initiatives of Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh, and Working Women Hostels.
- In addition, Samarthya has incorporated the existing programs of the National Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers and the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under the banner of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
- The Samarthya Scheme now includes a new Gap Financing for Economic Empowerment element.
- National toll-free helpline and integrated facilities such as makeshift housing, legal aid, psycho-social therapy, medical help, police facilitation, and linking them with existing services, among other things, via One Stop Centres.
- Providing support and care for women from conception through the time they require it.
- To ensure the safety of working women, the Working Women Hostel, or SakhiNiwas, would be established.
- This would entail large-scale gender sensitisation campaigns and community engagement.
- Furthermore, men and boys would be engaged to collaborate in combating violence towards women and gender stereotypes.
- Provides women affected by abuse and those in distress with an urgent and complete continuum of care, support, assistance, and mental and financial help.
- The mission is to provide high-quality methods for rescuing, protecting, and rehabilitating women in need of aid and survivors of crime and abuse.
- To increase women's access to numerous government services at differing stages.
- In addition, making people aware of government plans and programmes, as well as legal measures, to combat social problems such as Sexual harassment at work, domestic violence, dowry, and gender equality, among other things.
- Establishing an enabling framework for public-private partnerships for women's safety and empowerment across the entire spectrum of government sectors in coordination with partner Ministries/Departments/States/UTs.
- To avoid gender-biased sex-selective abortion or elimination, ensure the female child's survival, protection, educational care, health care, nutritional values, and growth.
- It also aims to minimise the care load on women and enhance female labour force participation through professional growth, technical assistance, financial literacy, and access to microcredit, among other things.
