Women’s economic empowerment refers to the ability for women to enjoy their right to control and benefit from the resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage risk and improve their economic status and well being.
When talking about women’s empowerment, it means allowing women who are on the outside of the decision-making process into it.
Feeling entitled to make your own decisions creates a sense of empowerment. Empowerment includes the action of raising the status of women through education, raising awareness, literacy, and training. Women’s empowerment is all about equipping and allowing women to make life-determining decisions through the different problems in society. Today in rural areas this empowerment is realized through SHGs.
The Medical Mission Sisters are constantly in effort to make these SHGs a strong unit to empower Dalit and Mahadalits women. It has organized a 3 days cluster meeting for their different SHGs. Today is the third and last day of the cluster.
In this program , Convenor of Chuppi Todo Movement , Dr.Shambhu Kumar Singh was invited to address the rural women on Menstrual Health and Hygiene . Dr.Singh addressed them as well as the students of Community College , run by Asha Deep , Muzaffarpur . He also distributed IEC materials , Information folders,Film CDs and Sanitary Napkins to them .
