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If one looks at the history of
the struggle for women's rights both in India and in the world, this period has been one
of the most eventful. From the fervent feminism of the sixties to the introspections on
women's status in the seventies, to women-in-development debates in the eighties and to
focus on gender issues in the nineties, has been a momentous but short transition. From
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women's
problems to women's issues, finally women's perspectives there has been a hole reshaping
of paradigms of development. PECUC as advocate of
gender justice and human rights has focused on promoting a high order of social and moral
standards ultimately ensuring development partnership, rather obstinate approach to the
issue.
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APPROACHES
EQUITY : Promote women's status, power & controls, so that they are effectively
more equal with men. It also recognises women's active role in development, particularly
through productive role. It seeks challenge the power of men over women and to end
discrimination.
ANTI-POVERTY : To increase Women's income earning capacity
by IGP.
EFFICIENCY : Women essentially not as beneficiaries but
as a major resource in development. It must include participation of women, they have
capacity to compensate for declining social services by use their free time . It puts
women into mainstream of development.
EMPOWERMENT : Comes from women's group who seeks to empower themselves through
greater self-reliance. The right to determine their own choices in life. They also seek to
gain control & access to resources.
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PECUC witnessed decision powers are polarized among those who have control over
resources. Resources here not merely restricted to economic but all those sources, which
make an individual to be independent & stand on his own. PECUC felt that; women another half of the
population always
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laid
their devices, housekeeping, cooking, child rearing and so many looked down them as a NON
PRODUCTIVE work so they were suppressed also. However PECUC is operating programmes in this direction in it's operational
areas.
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Promotion of women organization
GENDER ROLES: EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES
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PECUC strategies its
effort to enable women in its operational areas and to aim a change where a though having
different roles but women ensures to get equal rights and privilege with their other half
: MEN.
PECUC visualizing the need of the hour, gave
priority to built up among the women folk and also to educate them. Then the women of
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forward
to organize themselves. "NARI SHAKTI" committees ( NARI means
women SHAKTI means power). The groups are named as
NARI SHAKTI to initiate & strengthen process for
socio-economic & political empowerment of women.
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Accomplishments:
PECUC believes the corner zone of women
empowerment is highly dependent on economic empowerment of women. Realising this, PECUC has organised one SHG federation and SHGs at
village level in its operational areas for promotion of small savings, supporting women
for micro credit & micro finance not only for skilled training and micro enterprise
but also for other home utility services such as education & procurement of valued
items.
132 women SHGs formed
Rs.9,22,089 /- savings mobilised
2764 women self help group members
sensitized on saving and credit process.
Rs. 4,77,325/- is released under
micro finance schemes to 1014 women members and rate of recovery is 100%.
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TRAININGS for Capacity building :
To capacitate womenfolk so that for
awareness & to increase there negotiation with the external world, following
programmes are being arranged regularly.
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- Women & Law
- SHG Management & documentation
- Mother & Child care
- Livestock promotion & Management
- Pesciculture
- Mushroom cultivation
- Bamboo craft
- Micro credit
- Thrift & credit management
- Leadership
- Poultry management training
- Kitchen garden promotion
- Diary management training
- Food processing
- Appliqué work
- Panchayati Raj system
- Gender responsive human rights
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