Women Empowerment as the word suggests, the empowerment of women in our individual society which has actually become a significant and important topic for major discussion in regard to the development of our nation. Across the nation, we have so many uneducated and poor ladies who are completely reliant on their family and relatives despite of the fact that they can earn and learn as well. But nowadays they have accepted it as a barrier as we have been living in a male dominated society since the time immemorial. We have been facing these gender issues for so long.

We have been fighting this issue of inequality between men and women and the gender discrimination against women across the nation. But now destiny or time as flipped its coin as now women cannot be asked to wait for anymore.

In the ancient era, time was completely obscured but now both the position and status of women has aroused incredibly in the twentieth century. Initially, during eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they were almost treated as an "object". They were only confined within the four walls and were doomed to do their household chores. Women empowerment has actually shut the mouths of those who believe in “male-domicile” world and have almost opened the doors for women in almost every field. Women empowerment has actually helped women to have a long struggle which has brought women the various rights, right to vote, and so on. Women Empowerment actually refers to the sustained organisation which helps to strengthen the social, economic, and educational powers of a woman. It is actually a place which has no biasedness against gender and which guarantees equal rights for a woman in an individual NGO is running an organisation by the name of 'Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti' ForAll in Kanpur and has almost devoted themselves for the better upliftment and great empowerment of women.

Women Empowerment has become necessary as women constitute half of the population across the nation and it is really important for our nation to develop which can only be possible if the lifeline of our nation, which is women will be educated. Women shall not be treated as a helpless victim of this male chauvinist society, rather they shall be empowered and encouraged and motivated to excel themselves.

"To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened once she is on the move, the village moves, the nation moves."

For a country like India, women empowerment can only be a successful mission, if and only if few evil practices will be eliminated from the society such as dowry system, female infanticide, domestic violence and many more.

To bring empowerment, it is really important for a woman to be aware about their rights. They shall be willing to take the positive steps and shall start involving them in various activities instead of household chores and family responsibilities. They should be aware of their social current affairs across the nation. Women can change and transform many things in the society, hence the women empowerment. They have the full capability to understand the major drawbacks of the overpopulation of their family and country.

Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti here by defines women empowerment in such a trivia manner that it is a process by which we make women powerful so that they can take their individual decision by not being overly dominated by their men. We are just helping women to empower their own rights in the society and after a long struggle; they are getting what they actually deserve to go ahead on the right track. We have joined hands for the utmost social cause and have been trying to serve the best for this nation. We would like you all to share your part as well in any form you’re comfortable with. “Your one part can fill the fraction to a unit”.

COMMUNITY WAY TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

The condition of women in throughout much of Northern India can be characterized as a systemic pattern of gross gender inequity. This condition is only worse when one tries to consider the plight of rural women. We consider the following facts:

A QUICK LOOK ON STAKE OF DEPRIVED WOMEN

1. The illiteracy rate among females is nearly twice the illiteracy rate of males. A staggering 62% of females in Uttar Pradesh (UP) are illiterate. The disparity only rises in the rural areas, where nearly 80% of women are illiterate
2. For minimal wage tasks, the men receive is between Rs.35-45 a day. However, women doing the same work over the same period receive only Rs.20-30 per day.

Swabhimaan, meaning self-respect in English, was initiated in 2005. The programme has been strategically formulated to save the girl child, empower poor and support women empowerment. The programme is specifically aimed at realization of both individual and collective self-esteem and inner strength for marginalised and socially excluded women and adolescent girls through innovative community practices.

She has truly been a mother to me, and also a guardian for my child. When he was born healthy and fit, didi too had tears in her eyes. Both Kamla and her husband are uneducated and neither are they aware about the need of healthy and nutritious food for an expecting mother. A few months after Kamla conceived she became pale and sick. Her husband could not take proper care of her as he was a daily wage earner, losing a day's wage meant no food for them. Women condition improved when Komal has been working as a health volunteer under Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti programme came to her rescue. She counselled both Kmala and her husband regularly and made them aware of how nutritious food could be eaten even if they had less money. Kamla, under Aruna’s strict supervision gave birth to a healthy baby boy recently.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISADVANTAGES :

One problem that has become of increasing concern to the doers at Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti is the lack of educational inputs which denies rural women any chance at receiving a focused human resource education including technical education. The statistical numbers once again provide a glimpse at the problem. There are currently 21 training and technical courses in the state of UP. However, only 7%-9% of the students at these institutions are women. Of those 7%-9%, nearly all are urban women. This leaves rural women at an absolute disadvantage. Those that Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti the opportunities the most are the ones least likely to get it.

DECISION MAKING PROCESS :

Further, women make up more than 50% of the population in rural parts of northern India, yet this is not reflected in their participation in public life and civil society, particularly in the areas of socio-economic and political empowerment. Women’s participation at all levels of society is essential in order to take into account women's needs and to ensure that women's perspectives are incorporated into every level of the decision-making process.

WOMEN TO FEEL POWER :

For millions of women throughout India, the course of their lives is largely out of their control. For these women, decisions of when to get married, when to have children, or how many children to have, are not autonomous choices. Instead, they are often dictated by family, husband or society's customs. Women are rarely educated or receive any vocational training and they are therefore completely dependent, both financially and socially, on their husband or family. Lacking control over such crucial life decisions, it is easy for many women to feel powerless.

ASCRIBED RIGID SOCIAL VALUES :

India's population has recently surpassed the one billion mark out of which 84 million are considered to be very poor. In the past years, the number of women living in poverty has increased disproportionately to the number of men living in poverty due to women’s limited access to power, education, training and productive resources, and the rigidity of socially ascribed roles.

Hence, the principal challenges lies ahead of Jan Sahayak Sewa Samiti is the Socio-Economic Empowerment of Deprived Community, Especially Women, through building their Grass-Root Organizations, Creation of Opportunity & Enhancing the Human Resource Capacity in A Sustainable Manner. The broader question of what sort of opportunities these women ought to have is rarely considered.

The condition of women in throughout much of Northern India can be characterized as a systemic pattern of gross gender inequity. This condition is only worse when one tries to consider the plight of rural women . The notion of empowering women to break with the perceived role may be alive in the cities. However, reflecting the vast rural-urban divide present throughout India, it is never discussed at the rural level. Clearly, until these attitudes are challenged at an institutional level, and opportunities are made available, such conditions will not begin to change.

OBJECTIVES :

• To mobilize marginalized women into forming self-help groups, which provide the basis for credit programmes and credit challenges.
• To train NGO/CBDOs workers and other primary stake holders in the role of micro-enterprise and micro-finance in broader gender issues, and to establish sustainable relationships with other NGOs in the area of Women's Enterprise for future collaboration and exchange of ideas and experiences.
• To create a climate for sustainable and replicable women's self reliance, through increased value, respect and dignity.
• To provide demand driven vocational skills and business training to marginalised women.