Awareness Generation Projects for Rural and Poor Women

Central Social Welfare Board is implementing Awareness Generation Project programme with the aim of creating awareness in the community on issues relating to the status, rights and problems of women. Its main objectives are to identify the needs of rural and poor women, to increase their active participation in decision making both in the family and community on development issues including atrocities on women and children.

Components of the Scheme

1. Survey of the area: The Voluntary Organizations shall survey the area where they want to

    organize awareness camp and prepare a target group.

2. Training of organizer: Training of the organizer is one of the conditions under the scheme

    and will be imparted by the identified Training Institute to be determined by the Board.

3. Organizing of camps: Duration of camp eight days.

4. Follow-up action: Two days follow-up action will be taken by the grantee organization within six months after

    completing the camp so as to assess the impact of the camp in the area.

5. Beneficiaries: 20-25 women.

Schematic Budget:-

6. Topics for coverage: The objective of the scheme is to increase awareness amongst women on a set of selected   topics so as to both inform and educate them. Topics that can form part of the camp are:

i.              Status of women

ii.            Women  and law

iii.           Women and health

iv.           Community health and hygiene

v.            Women, technology and environment

vi.           Women and the State Government

vii.          Religion, culture and women

viii.        Women and economy

ix.            Women and social action

x.            Panchayats  and Gram Sabhas,

xi.           National integration and communal harmony

xii.          Legal literacy

7. Submission of reports and accounts: Annual impact assessment report, feedback from target group, methodology  of training imparted with photographs and accounts to be submitted immediately on completion to the camps of the  Board. Accounts to be settled within one month of holding of the camp.

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