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Objectives |
The main Objectives of the project are:
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To evolve alternative strategies of education
and empowerment of rural women so as to enable them to participate,
as equal citizens, in the economic, political and social sustainable
development of the rural society; |
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To train resource persons, animators and trainers
for implementing activities visualized in the Objectives; |
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To conduct and promote experimentation, innovations
and research in the problems and programmes of empowerment of rural
women; |
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To integrate socio-economic activities with concern
for health and environment protection, in the light of the rural
women's cultural contexts; and |
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To invest in science and technology in women's education
and empowerment programmes. |
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Partners |
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State Government |
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Indian Institute trust |
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Katholische Zentralstelle (Germany) |
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Foundation for Alternatives in Development, Pune,
India |
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UNESCO |
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Rotary Clubs and private donors |
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Input |
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Director and support staff. |
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Plants and fertilizers. |
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Field-based training in farm products and gardening. |
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| 4 |
Process |
The programmes are to evolve continually, with each distinct
stage depending on the educational levels, practical knowledge and needs
of the programme participants. Training programmes for NGOs and others
are developed on the basis of the experience gained after each programme
evaluation exercise. The Partners of the programme fix time targets of
three to five years; these time limits indicate phase-wise evolution of
different activities. All activities are dynamic and conceptually inter-related.
They undergo frequent modifications in the light of transformation seen
in women's status and community development for action. |
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Output |
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Increased number of trained women farmers. |
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Development of small-scale enterprises run and owned
by women. |
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Increased number of literate women. |
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Awareness on effective management and use of limited
financial resources to promote quality of life. |
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More and more involvement and participation of community
members in the development of the community. |
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Self-belief, self-confidence, and self-esteem. |
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| 6 |
Strengths |
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Health for All and Education for All. |
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Readiness of the community for participation and
involvement. |
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Child education as parental activity. |
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Improvement in the quality of primary schools. |
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Weaknesses |
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Difficulty in finding younger persons who could
devote themselves to rural transformation and social research in
a spirit of genuine humanism. |
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| 8 |
Name of Author & Implementation Organisation |
| (name) |
Dr. Citra Naik |
| (position) |
Chairperson |
| (organisation name) |
Indian Institute of Education (IIE) |
| (mailing address) |
J.P. Nik Path, 128/2 Kothrud, Pune 411 029, INDIA
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| (phone) |
91-212-333336
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| (fax) |
91-212-335239 |
| (e-mail) |
iiepune@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in
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| (URL) |
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