Power of Common Women

 

*Women Empowerment :
 
Women Empowerment Refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, Educational, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities of women. Empowerment of the down-trodden women is our operational area and it is one of the DGUP’s key focus areas and we have been organizing series of awareness generation & capacity building programmes round the year on different issues like life-skill development, financial literacy etc.
 
Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest sons of India, quoted that, “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved, It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing. ” Therefore, the inclusion of “Women Empowerment’ as one of the prime goals in the eight Millennium Development Goals underscores the relevance of this fact.
 
VOCATIONAL TRAINING & PRODUCTION CENTRE FOR RURAL WOMEN :
 
We implemented vocational training & production centre on jute products among the rural women for their skill development and economical sustainability development in remote villages of Howrah district, especially in Dhulagori under West Bengal state of India.
 
Skill development activities are implementing through society’s vocational training cum production centre in the special schools. The condense course for rural poor women include based skill development and job oriented training are given to the beneficiaries as per their aptitude through this skill development activities. The target group became self sufficient within stipulated period under the effective training and also earn fair income by skill development in various trade and traits under the Howr District of West Bengal State of India.
 
SHG (Self Help Group) :
 
Like other years to promote Self Help Groups and to motivate them in Micro-credit financial system, we regularly arrange promotional workshop and group meeting followed by a centralized workshop in our area of operation. Resource persons from NABARD. Financial Institutions and Social Workers are regularly invited to deliver their valued opinion in these workshops.
 
The scattered beneficiaries group particularly women who are always victimized under present socio-economic context needs to be united. SHG formation can increase Poverty alleviation, rising of Socio-economic status, banishing of social taboos self-employment and above all self-reliance and women employment.

 

* Women Empowerment & Income Generation :
 
The Organization is running a Tailoring and Knitting Unit in which the local women from BPL Families are trained in the trades. They produce garments which are sold by women leaders from various S.H.G.s. The organization helps in the training, procuring of raw materials as well as marketing. A beautician training course is also being conducted at the organization premises at Dhulagori. This program is being sponsored by Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd., which has its Frito Lays Division at Dhulagori. Batches of 25 Ladies are being trained in beauty treatment techniques and are expected to benefit from this course. About 60 other women are benefitting from the Tailoring and Knitting Unit.