Self Help Group Of Rural Assam

According to Hinduism the female was created by Brahman as part of the duality in creation, to provide company to men and facilitate procreation, progeny and continuation of family linage. The Vedas suggest that a woman’s primary duty is to help her husband in performing obligatory duties and enable him to continue his family tradition. Her primary duty is to give birth to his children and take care of them. Hinduism is a predominantly male dominated religion. Woman play a secondary role. The situation is gradually changing. It is difficult to draw generalizations about the status of present day Hindu women because of society is complex. In general, life in cities is much different from life in the rural areas. Those who live abroad live in different conditions than those who live in the country. Yet, we have ample indications that women are still subject to many restrictions and disabilities in rural area as well as urban areas. The financial independence of woman and the education levels of the family play an important role in this regard. Women in urban areas face numerous challenges in their professions and personal lives. But overall, life is better for them compared to the past. Love marriage outside of the caste or community are scorned and sometimes the couples are killed or excommunicated by the elders in the family or village. Widows can now have a life of their own and even remarry. They draw a lot of sympathy. But

A community based project that I would like to start would be on the effectiveness of assistance programs for low-income families in rural areas. This project would analyze and compare the current status of the population being studied to its pervious status. Participants may include local community members who have utilized the assistance programs, and those who work or collaborate within the assistance programs. The main objective of this project would be to identify the effectiveness of this assistance program, its usage rate, any deficiencies or errors, and if it has had a significant impact on the status of the population being studied.

This project proposal aims to seek funding of $50,000 to expand the existing Prostate Cancer Support Group by employing a part-time

Traditions and culture can have an impact on protection, intervention and support provided to rural women (Shoaf, 2004). It is not uncommon for women to

Women empowerment means to identify all kinds of oppression based on gender roles and to face it. This process has two dimensions: individual and collective. At the individual level, access to information about gender role and its social source lead women to seek for their autonomy and freedom. When they realize that the female social being is a social construction, nor a changeless reality, they can better indentify

Gender inequality is displayed in many countries around the globe. In India, the society begins gendering as soon as a child is born. In most cases, the birth of a daughter is unwelcome but that of a son is celebrated. The boys are brought up bold and outgoing while the girls are expected to be at home and do chores. While the other discriminations like economic or social discriminations are present outside the home, but gender discrimination is present outside and inside households. In a familial setup, the father is the head of the family and decision maker. The mother generally performs the ‘home making’. Even if the woman is employed, she is expected to do the domestic chores, in addition to her job. Even though she earns, she does not have the freedom to plan her salary or decide anything.

I was filled with anxiety at the beginning of the semester when I found out that I would have to go to at least three support group meetings. Filled with thoughts about how they would receive me, knowing that I did not have nor ever had an addiction. I did not want them to believe that I was just there to dissect their lives and that I did not care. The last thing that I desired was to complicate a safe space for people who may have never had that. Nevertheless, once I got to each meeting, I realized that those feelings were my own negative self-talk.

Throughout the course of history, women have widely been relegated to a position inferior to their male counterparts. Mothers, wives, caretakers of domestic life—they were expected to fill these roles and fully devote themselves to the men in their lives, all the while not considered equal to them, but rather man 's property to care for; however, in recent centuries, the status quo has started to change. As an increasing number of women sought equality among the sexes and the realization of their worth as individuals, the role of women in society adjusted to expand beyond traditional notions. While their position in the world remains unclear, it certainly continues to be questioned and challenged by millions of people around the world.

The social gender inequality has been a serious problem since the ancient period. Women were dominated by men and had little power in the society. Men were mostly doing agriculture work or hunting. On the contrary, women were basically doing works like house cleaning, breeding children, and making clothes that they played the domestic role in a family. Although the historical event—enlightenment emphasized the importance of human rights, it is excluded the women’s rights. After the emergency of capitalism, the situation became worse and women had less power and rights either in family or in society. People earn money through works and consume products according to their financial ability. The gap made by wealth, status, and power promotes

Gender inequality has been a crucial issue throughout the years all around the world for the past few decades. Women are mistreated and often oppressed by patriarchal societies. Women’s rights are often dismissed and it is believed that women are not capable of being independent which has highly affects women population.

According to feminists the socialisation process functioning in the family and away encouraged females to accept the traditional gender roles which rooted female difficulty in the private domestic sphere and in the public sphere of employment and political and social life. Nevertheless, because these gender roles were socially constructed rather than biologically strongminded they could be changed by various political and economic strategies and the improvements in female educational and employment opportunities which happened from the 1980s forwards welcomed as indications of reduced gender inequality and not as flying in the face of human nature as was implied in biologically based arguments. (sociology tutorials, 2016)

It is also stated that these female minorities typically live transient. This idea relates to the notions of routine activity theory, which states that a lack of social ties make it easier for an individual to be transient. As a result, individuals become vulnerable to victimization due to diminished social cohesiveness. This relates to my paper due to the continuation of victimization towards women who are perceived to be “less” of a human. This ideology directly relates to India’s patriarchal dominance that treats women, regardless of class from a lower

The grassroots organization was formed in 1996 by both men and women in order to better the lives of women, in an area stricken with poverty. The organization began as a farming initiative group that centered on joint farming. Joint farming meant that women would help each other with planting, weeding, and harvesting. By assisting one another, it helped to keep costs down, making farming more accessible and affordable for the women. As the organization grew, it branched further then farming into encouraging women to fulfill their civic duties. Traditionally, men were the only ones that held council positions within the village but the Ntankah Village Women Common Initiative Group helped changed this. The association effectively helped women to become a member of the council and to be able to participate politically. Another area that the organization provides women access to medicine and medical help relating to pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. In rural communities, it is very difficult for women to obtain the help that they need and sometimes, they even lack education surrounding the issues, especially with HIV/AIDS. Lastly, the association expanded to education. By educating young girls and women to become literate, it provides them with the necessary skills, it gives them a way into the job market, helping them to rise out of poverty. The history of the Ntankah Village Women Common Initiative Group sheds light on the critical needs that they are providing to not only the women but also the community.

The development of rural Bangladesh has figured prominent in the development plans and programmes of the 1970s. It is well known that majority of the people of Bangladesh live mainly in rural area under mass poverty. Poverty reduction has therefore become an important aspect of rural development (Islam.1992). As women in Bangladesh compose half of the total population, it certainly demands a remarkable involvement of women in the process of development process to alleviate poverty. There have been many institutional involvements taken so far in this context.

To ensure full participation of women in every sector, we need to ensure proper education of all women. Without proper education we cannot ensure women’s participation. Health is another important issue to ensure women’s participation, most of the women