Women’s Economic Empowerment and Livelihood Strengthening:
* Key Goal: Prioritize rural women and provide comprehensive training and guidance to transform them into self-employed and set up successful micro-enterprises.
* Organizing vocational skill development trainings (e.g. handicrafts, agro-based products, small scale production) to improve the economic status of women.
* Helping women entrepreneurs to get easy access to credit and financial assistance through banks, financial institutions and government schemes like IRDP, NABARD, MSME etc.
* Strengthening women’s self-help groups (SHGs), motivating them to engage in economic activities and providing market linkages.
* Strengthening women’s leadership and decision-making capacity:
* Encouraging women to take up leadership positions at the community level, in Panchayats and other forums and providing them with the necessary training.
* Making women aware of their rights, government schemes and resources and helping them to utilize them effectively.
* Social Welfare and Integrated Community Development:
* Creating awareness about the health, education and nutrition of women and children and helping them to access the services they need.
* Working with communities to improve basic amenities like drinking water, sanitation and housing facilities in rural areas.
* Combating social evils like child marriage, gender discrimination and violence, and creating a safe and respectful environment for women.
* Environmental sustainability and
natural resource management:
* Actively involving women in environmental conservation and sustainable management of natural resources programs.
* Promoting eco-friendly initiatives like organic farming, water conservation and tree plantations.
* Partnership and collaboration:
* Ensuring effective implementation of projects by forming strong partnerships with government agencies, banks, other NGOs and community organizations.
* Exploring new resources and opportunities for improving the economic status of rural women and community development.