Empowerment of Women and Poor

Empowerment of Women and Poor in Rural Areas of Saharanpur and Neighbouring Districts

To empower women by advocating for their rights and arranging education for adolescent Muslim girls
To combat violence against women by providing legal aid, rehabilitating the victims and creating awareness about violence against women
To form association and federation of existing SHGs and build their capacity in such a way that they can get their due from the society
To further enhance capacity of the communication team and voluntary organisations working at the grassroots so development messages could be carried to the people
To build capacity of grassroots institutions, including panchayats and CBOs, so they can address problems of people and promote harmony among them

Women groups will know their rights and means to combat violence
Atmosphere against gender discrimination and violence against women will be created
Women victims of violence will get relief
Cases of violence against women will go down
Nearly 250 adolescent girls will be educated
Twelve associations of self-help groups and one federation of the association of SHGs will be formed
Panchayats will emerge as a forum through which people can meet their aspirations
Morchas will become a forum through which people will be able to solve their pressing problems
Six street plays and six puppet shows will be developed during the project period
Six batches of NGOs will also be trained in communication
Research will bring out the actual change taking place in the community
Information dissemination will lead to disburse the organisation's work in the field
Documentation will be a learning for self and other organisations

Cordaid, The Netherlands, and Misereor, Germany