Little girls with dreams of today become women with vision of tomorrow
Little girls with dreams of today become women with vision of tomorrow
Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (Kishori Vikas)
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In a patriarchal society like India, women are subjected to discrimination the moment they are born. And it is even worse in the rural sectors of India. The rural Indian society is rampant with child marriage, restricting access to education, lack of any kind of exposure, etc. After analysing the current situation, we decided to organize groups of adolescent girls in each village in our area and hold talks, get together, and train where they could open up and give input for their empowerment.
Need For Empowering Girls
To solve the issues of discrimination against women, we need to first solve the root problem of this state. We need to start capacity building of girls, adolescents, and would-be mothers is a serious need of the hour to bring social equality in a patriarchal society like India. The adolescent phase of a girl child in rural areas is heavily overshadowed by discrimination, poor health and hygiene, and drudgery at work. Her educational and healthcare requirements remain unattended. Early marriage of girl child, dowry, and motherhood at an early stage doesn’t help the cause either and ultimately restricts personality development. About Kishori Girls
We have set up this project in order to solve the problems of Women discrimination in this weaker section of our society. Since the adolescents’ stage for girls is a crucial phase in their life. It is where they mature and develop a sense of understanding of society. Our Aim
The challenges are great, but we have meticulous plans and strategies in place to counter them. We hope to make huge strides to meet the targets we have set for ourselves. In the end, the community’s trust and cooperation would eventually determine the level of our success. Today, we believe and are committed to working together to write a new story of success that creates original models and innovative activities for replication. Our Approach
● We will identify all adolescent girls of these villages. (Between the age group 12 to 18 ).There can be 80 to 120-150 girls in each village.
● Provide training and developmental opportunities to all identified adolescent girls (between the age group of 12-18) to make them capable and conscious about their personal growth including health & education.
● We will select 100 girls from 10 villages, as a special group out of 1000 girls. We will give them extra training and input to build them as “leaders”.
● Training programs will be conducted on health issues.
To solve the issues of discrimination against women, we need to first solve the root problem of this state. We need to start capacity building of girls, adolescents, and would-be mothers is a serious need of the hour to bring social equality in a patriarchal society like India. The adolescent phase of a girl child in rural areas is heavily overshadowed by discrimination, poor health and hygiene, and drudgery at work. Her educational and healthcare requirements remain unattended. Early marriage of girl child, dowry, and motherhood at an early stage doesn’t help the cause either and ultimately restricts personality development. About Kishori Girls
We have set up this project in order to solve the problems of Women discrimination in this weaker section of our society. Since the adolescents’ stage for girls is a crucial phase in their life. It is where they mature and develop a sense of understanding of society. Our Aim
The challenges are great, but we have meticulous plans and strategies in place to counter them. We hope to make huge strides to meet the targets we have set for ourselves. In the end, the community’s trust and cooperation would eventually determine the level of our success. Today, we believe and are committed to working together to write a new story of success that creates original models and innovative activities for replication. Our Approach
● We will identify all adolescent girls of these villages. (Between the age group 12 to 18 ).There can be 80 to 120-150 girls in each village.
● Provide training and developmental opportunities to all identified adolescent girls (between the age group of 12-18) to make them capable and conscious about their personal growth including health & education.
● We will select 100 girls from 10 villages, as a special group out of 1000 girls. We will give them extra training and input to build them as “leaders”.
● Training programs will be conducted on health issues.
In a patriarchal society like India, women are subjected to discrimination the moment they are born. And it is even worse in the rural sectors of India. The rural Indian society is rampant with child marriage, restricting access to education, lack of any kind of exposure, etc. After analysing the current situation, we decided to organize groups of adolescent girls in each village in our area and hold talks, get together, and train where they could open up and give input for their empowerment.
Need For Empowering Girls
To solve the issues of discrimination against women, we need to first solve the root problem of this state. We need to start capacity building of girls, adolescents, and would-be mothers is a serious need of the hour to bring social equality in a patriarchal society like India. The adolescent phase of a girl child in rural areas is heavily overshadowed by discrimination, poor health and hygiene, and drudgery at work. Her educational and healthcare requirements remain unattended. Early marriage of girl child, dowry, and motherhood at an early stage doesn’t help the cause either and ultimately restricts personality development. About Kishori Girls
We have set up this project in order to solve the problems of Women discrimination in this weaker section of our society. Since the adolescents’ stage for girls is a crucial phase in their life. It is where they mature and develop a sense of understanding of society. Our Aim
The challenges are great, but we have meticulous plans and strategies in place to counter them. We hope to make huge strides to meet the targets we have set for ourselves. In the end, the community’s trust and cooperation would eventually determine the level of our success. Today, we believe and are committed to working together to write a new story of success that creates original models and innovative activities for replication. Our Approach
● We will identify all adolescent girls of these villages. (Between the age group 12 to 18 ).There can be 80 to 120-150 girls in each village.
● Provide training and developmental opportunities to all identified adolescent girls (between the age group of 12-18) to make them capable and conscious about their personal growth including health & education.
● We will select 100 girls from 10 villages, as a special group out of 1000 girls. We will give them extra training and input to build them as “leaders”.
● Training programs will be conducted on health issues.
To solve the issues of discrimination against women, we need to first solve the root problem of this state. We need to start capacity building of girls, adolescents, and would-be mothers is a serious need of the hour to bring social equality in a patriarchal society like India. The adolescent phase of a girl child in rural areas is heavily overshadowed by discrimination, poor health and hygiene, and drudgery at work. Her educational and healthcare requirements remain unattended. Early marriage of girl child, dowry, and motherhood at an early stage doesn’t help the cause either and ultimately restricts personality development. About Kishori Girls
We have set up this project in order to solve the problems of Women discrimination in this weaker section of our society. Since the adolescents’ stage for girls is a crucial phase in their life. It is where they mature and develop a sense of understanding of society. Our Aim
The challenges are great, but we have meticulous plans and strategies in place to counter them. We hope to make huge strides to meet the targets we have set for ourselves. In the end, the community’s trust and cooperation would eventually determine the level of our success. Today, we believe and are committed to working together to write a new story of success that creates original models and innovative activities for replication. Our Approach
● We will identify all adolescent girls of these villages. (Between the age group 12 to 18 ).There can be 80 to 120-150 girls in each village.
● Provide training and developmental opportunities to all identified adolescent girls (between the age group of 12-18) to make them capable and conscious about their personal growth including health & education.
● We will select 100 girls from 10 villages, as a special group out of 1000 girls. We will give them extra training and input to build them as “leaders”.
● Training programs will be conducted on health issues.
Our Intervention
Marathwada region which was under the Nizam rule (Muslim king) during pre-independence period for long time. Certain Islamic customs were integrated in this community. Unfortunately this assimilation has resulted in more restrictions on women. As gateways of the caste, women are first to face restrictions in the name of security. Their chastity is equated with caste pride.They need to be controlled if tradition is to survive. So, women are kept within four walls of the house, are married off in early childhood and used only as additional labour. A strong class nexus behind women’s deprivation is also evident. As the economic condition of a family improves, the family puts restrictions on women only as a prestige issue. The so-called higher status of the family results in pushing back women within the household. Although shocking, this was the picture seen till very recently. Even after independence, progressive policies of the state could not reach women in real sense. There was a lack of supportive atmosphere, of readiness to share resources with women. We at SEDT, believe that true empowerment of women is possible only when they become active agents of development and have equal access to economic and educational opportunities.
Marathwada region which was under the Nizam rule (Muslim king) during pre-independence period for long time. Certain Islamic customs were integrated in this community. Unfortunately this assimilation has resulted in more restrictions on women. As gateways of the caste, women are first to face restrictions in the name of security. Their chastity is equated with caste pride.They need to be controlled if tradition is to survive. So, women are kept within four walls of the house, are married off in early childhood and used only as additional labour. A strong class nexus behind women’s deprivation is also evident. As the economic condition of a family improves, the family puts restrictions on women only as a prestige issue. The so-called higher status of the family results in pushing back women within the household. Although shocking, this was the picture seen till very recently. Even after independence, progressive policies of the state could not reach women in real sense. There was a lack of supportive atmosphere, of readiness to share resources with women. We at SEDT, believe that true empowerment of women is possible only when they become active agents of development and have equal access to economic and educational opportunities.