PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITYAND EMPOWER WOMEN Ø Introduction From time memorial women are living under clutches of men. Though Indian constitution has given reservation still women are deprived of rights to lead independent life. Therefore it’s our duty to empower the women of our country. So we the guides decided to prepare a project on women empowerment. Ø Aims and objectives o To empower the women of our locality. o To know the problems and challenges of women in village area. o To educate the women about gender equality. o To know the problems of the working women. o Encouraging the women to take part in the social life. o Our main aim is to educate the people of our locality to empower women Ø Selection of the topic As community development project is a compulsory requirement for Rashtrapathi examination we had a meeting in the patrol. Thinking the aims and objectives, problems in our locality and with the opinion of every guide, we conducted COH. In the COH we decided to choose the topic Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women. Then we decided a few ideas for our project and few works to be done for our six month project. Ø Ideas for the topic After the topic was finalised in the COH we met our Guide Captain for more ideas. With her guidance we met other teacher for more information about women empowerment. She also gave ideas for the project, how to work on this project and a few suggestions. Our Guide Captain also told us to visit few institutions which is maintained by women, their aims and objectives etc. We planned to visit SIRI, milk diary maintained by women and a community of women. We also collected few ideas from our locality, our parents, and educated people and also met the elders to know more about gender equality. Ø Visiting the Diary After we visited Siri, we researched about women communities and decided to visit diary which is maintained by women. They get nearly 270l of milk in a day. They also give milk for temple when there is necessary of lots of milk. Timings: Morning: 7:30 -8:00 Evening: 5:15-5:30 Ø A visit to Siri Gramodyoga, Belthangady As we decided to visit Siri, we asked the permission from the management. Then we decided to attend a session from Manorama Bhat. There are several products which are all prepared by women. Women working there are provided with several opportunities, proper facilities with proper care. Women from faraway places come to work there. They give hostel facilities and they also have canteen food. The management also provides ATM for every employee and their salary will be put on to their own account. There are products like garments, pickles, agarbattis, bleaching powder, honey, coconut oil and so on. Women also have classes on stitching and they are given salary according to their grading. They are also provided with ESI facilities in which women get free treatment for any accident. Products are given according to their contract and they also conduct Siri festival. Ø Session from director of Siri We asked Manorama Bhat to take class about Women Empowerment. She gave us information about women empowerment and also gave a few ideas for our project.