Women Empowerment

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

The need of women empowerment persists across the world even in the twenty first century. The continuing male domination and gender discrimination upholds the woeful situation of women. The extent of empowerment of women in the national hierarchy is determined largely by the three factors – women’s economic, social and political identity and their weight age. These factors are deeply interlinked with many cross cutting linkages which imply that if efforts in even one dimension remain absent or weak, outcomes and momentum generated by the other components cannot be sustained as they will not be able to weather any changes or upheavals.  Women will be empowered when they are able to access the opportunities available to them without any constraints such as in education, career and lifestyle. On these aspect, RLHP conducting different programmes in community level such as, trainings, workshops, regular meetings, organising women groups, Women sangha and DHAWANI & BELAKU women federations etc. These initiatives made the women to participate in all the public platforms and are capable enough to addressing the issues and taking initiatives to resolve the issues in communities.

DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRMME

India is on its journey to go digital, while a larger population of the country remains unaware and unlearnt about the digital world and internet. Enhancing the socio economic empowerment of rural women RLHP implemented Internet saathi programme at Mysuru district which also improves the digital literacy among rural women and livelihood condition of the families in long run. RLHP covering 7 blocks, with 225 Saathis from 820 villages in Mysore district as a result of the intervention, improved the communication skills and confidence level of women and resulted in better improvement in their livelihood and social life as well. The trained saathis are providing training for the remaining illiterate women on digital world

DOMESTIC WORKERS FORUM

RLHP working for the domestic workers through forming groups in slums, incapacitating and empowering through conducting different trainings on existing labour laws and provisions, social security schemes, leadership, Public hearing programmes, social audit, end line survey, personality development and life skill entrepreneurship. Presently 82 groups with 1460 workers, registered under trade union named Mysore Domestic workers trade union.

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

With the ultimate objective of making women economically independent and self-reliant, RLHP conducted trainings, promoted entrepreneurship and income generation activities. Presently 178 Self Help groups are functioning with the participation of 3200 women. 121 widows and destitute women are involved in different IGP activities like running Petty shops, animal husbandry, ironing, village shops, Chicken bank, Saree business, floriculture etc.