Time period : Running since 1999
Donor Organization : Grants and own funds from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.
No. of Targeted Beneficiaries : 1100 people.
Goal : Women’s awakening and women’s empowerment.
Work Area : The whole of Naria upazila.
Objective: Helping women to become financially self-reliant by preventing child marriage through awareness, increasing knowledge and skills about women’s rights and training women.
Area in which work has been done
| Serial | Upazila | District | Union | Village (Number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
01 |
Naria |
Shariatpur |
Municipality |
4 |
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Kedarpur |
3 |
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Bhumkhara |
2 |
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Moktarerchar |
5 |
Description of Activities
| Serial | Thematic work | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
01 |
Monthly meeting |
12 |
Regular monthly discussion meetings on activities |
|
02 |
Backyard meeting |
12 |
Early infancy, breastfeeding, prevention of child marriage, Adolescence,
prevention of sexual harassment, empowerment of women, use of sanitation
Etc. Discussion meetings through a yard meeting once a month. |
|
03 |
Day celebration |
03 |
Women's Day, Independence Day, Mother Language Day |
|
04 |
Training |
02 |
Training of 20 women in sewing and making various
materials with needle thread. Training is provide |
Result
- Members have become very aware of women's rights.
- Child marriage has largely declined in society.
- Awareness created regarding preventing sexual harassment.
- Awareness created regarding proper sanitation.
- Forty women have learned self-employment skills by learning to sew and bead.