OBJECTIVES

The NGO works for women empowerment with focus area in the state of Jharkhand.

Challenges-

 FEMALE LITERACY

Thirty-eight percent of women and 18 percent of men age 15-49 have never been to school. Higher education is very limited in Jharkhand. Only 16 percent of women and 25 percent of men age 15-49 have completed 12 or more years of schooling. More than one-third (35%) of men and half (51%) of women are not regularly exposed to print or other forms of media. 

MIRRAGE AND FERTILITY

Thirty-eight percent of women age 20-24 years got married before the legal minimum age of 18. Among young women age 15-19 in Jharkhand, 12 percent have already begun childbearing, that is, they have already had a live birth or are pregnant with their first child, down from 28 percent in NFHS-3. Teenage childbearing is twice as common in rural areas (14%) as in urban areas (7%). Young women who have no schooling are more than thrice as likely to have begun childbearing as young women with 12 or more years of schooling.

Employment and earnings

In Jharkhand, 32 percent of all women age 15-49 were employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (NFHS-4)

Gender-role attitudes

In Jharkhand, 30 percent of women believe it is justifiable for a husband to beat his wife under some circumstances, more so among ever-married women (31%) than never married women (25%).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Among all women age 15-49 in Jharkhand, 30 percent have experienced physical violence since age 15, and 7 percent have ever experienced sexual violence. In all, 31 percent of women have experienced physical or sexual violence

The NGO aims to meet the above challenges through its various programs and schemes. Given below are some of the activities the NGO organizes-

·         WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

·         AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

·         FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND MENTORSHIP TO SHGs

·         SEMINARS