UN Women‐Supported Project ‘Programme on Women’s Political, Social and Economic Empowerment
Principal Researchers:
Dr. Preet Rustagi, Dr. Sunil Kr. Mishra
Theme: Gender and Development
Sponsors: Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
Aims & Objectives: The end‐term survey captured the changes and transformations during the four year period of Pradan and Jagori’s interventions under the Gender Equality Centered SHG (Self Help Group) Program towards enhancing gender equality and enabling women’s empowerment in the social, economic and political domains. The basic objectives of the study were to understand patriarchy and initiate change, enhance women’s political participation and encourage their agency.
Methodology: Five districts (out of a total of nine) were randomly selected in four states, Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, Betul (Kesla) and Dindori in Madhya Pradesh, Mayurbhanj in Odishaand Purulia in West Bengal. The baseline covered 1257 households and the end‐line covered 1500 households. Both quantitative and qualitative surveys were adopted for evaluation.
Findings: The primary findings of this study:
- Gradual progress was observed in pursuing education, visiting health centers and promoting awareness about contraception and other reproductive rights across generations;
- The majority of the women (more than in the baseline) reported that men were sharing in household work;
- Women had more access to earnings through livelihood enhancing or augmenting technologies that were introduced periodically;
- The SHG membership reduced the dependence on informal and other exploitative channels of credit and enhanced the credit‐worthiness of women;
- More women (compared to the baseline finding) voted in the end‐line survey and attended the Gram Sabhas and participated in the deliberations.
Prof. Alakh N. Sharma
Director
Prof. Ravi S. Srivastava
Professor and Director
Centre for Employment Studies
Dr. G.C. Manna
Professor
Dr. Sandeep Sarkar
Professor
Dr. Balwant Singh Mehta
Fellow
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