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Towards Women Empowerment

Women Empowerment, dignity and protecting women from violence and discrimination is the need of the hour. Hence, we have initiated this blog for sensitizing several issues regarding women empowerment.  The aim behind the said blog is to accomplish the Women Education, Women Empowerment, Gender Equality and Justice.

Objectives:

“Empowered women for her dignity and protecting her from violence and discrimination”

The group will work with the aim to accomplish:

1.      Women Education

2.      Women Empowerment

3.      Gender Equality and

4.      Justice

Characteristics:

1.      Maximum Participation of Women: Activities by the women, for the women and of the women.

2.      Women’s equal participation in the

·         decision-making process,

·         policy-making,

·         planning and

·         administration.

etc. will be emphasized.

3.      Giving Control to Women: Using the participation of women in the decision-making process to achieve balance of control between men and women over the factors of production, without dominance.

4.      Conscious Rising: Understanding of the difference between sex roles and gender roles and the belief that gender relations and the gender division of labor should be fair and agreeable to both sides, and not based on the domination.

5.      Thorough Access:

Women’s access to

·         Production

·         labour,

·         credit,

·         training,

·         marketing facilities, and

·         publicly available services and benefits

etc. will be emphasized through the consortium.

6.      Women Welfare comes first: Whatever will be the action taken will result in the welfare of the Women.

7.      Protecting the women's rights: Right to vote; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family; to have reproductive rights etc. will be emphasized through the consortium.

Services: 

Following programmes will be undertaken (Operating Mode: Face to face and Virtual) and the same will be made available through Consortium:

1.      Awareness Programmes regarding women safety and empowerment:

·         BPA 110/112/117/135 : THE BOMBAY POLICE ACT, 1951:

(http://mahasecurity.gov.in/pdf/regulations/bombay_police_act_1951.pdf)

·         IPC 354/ 509: THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860

(https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4219/1/THE-INDIAN-PENAL-CODE-1860.pdf)

2.      Training Programme regarding

·         Insecurity/ Under Confidence in Women

·         Awareness about Women Rights against Crime

·         Self Defense Training

3.      Orientation:

·         Understanding Patriarchy (a system of society or Government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it)

·         Lodging Complaints Online and Face to Face

·         Self Esteem/Respect

·         MOLESTATION

·         SEXUAL ASSAULT

·         VOYEURISM

·         EVE TEASING

·         ACID ATTACK

·         STALKING

·         CRUELTY BY HUSBAND

·         CYBER CRIME

·         DOWRY DEMAND/ DEATH

4.      Implementing Activities:

Exhibition, artistic presentation, wall papers/hangings, articles, and Competition on Women Empowerment too will be undertaken with a view to reach the masses. These programmes will be held Virtual/ Online and face to face.

We will appreciate your comments, suggestions etc.