Women & Girls Empowerment

PCI India’s has been advancing social and economic development of women and girls in New Delhi by addressing gender barriers by raising awareness, increasing community support for the agency of women and girls and reducing restrictive gender-based practices. PCI India also engages men and boys as partners and recognize their integral role in changing repressive gender norms. For this program I spent time with the girls empowerment program in New Delhi that recruited girls from impoverished neighborhoods such as Kalandar Colony in New Delhi. These teens have little education and a limited future apart from the prospect of picking garbage or perhaps an early arranged marriage. The program include teaching computer and record keeping skills and garment production, both of which have provided a range of options for young girls to expand their options for far greater earning ability. In addition to teaching practical skills that make the girls more employable, they are also engaged in learning about gender identity, equality and empowerment.

Planned Social Concern is an Indian non-profit that promotes the development of vocational skills and micro credit & related services to women entrepreneurs in Rajasthan. The small size loan is referred by the term Microcredit that is mostly used by the micro entrepreneurs and low income households.During this assignment, I captured many success stories in and around Jaipur includingwomen that were able to build their own shops, garment production studios, small livestock production operations and small-scale production of crafts and household goods.