Women Empowerment

Despite living in one of fastest growing economies of the world, women in India remain vulnerable, with many of them facing a precarious future. Large gaps remain in the social and economic integration of women across all stratum of Haryana’s society, both in its urban centres and the rural heartland. Across the state, female participation in the workforce lingers at 17.79%, compared to 50.44% for men. The literacy rate among school-aged girls is 56.65% while the number of girls attending higher or professional education remains steadily low. Violence against women remains high, with cases of spousal domestic abuse, rape and sexual molestation continue to be on the rise. The Haryana child-sex ratio is currently 834 girls for every 1,000 boys, putting it in the lowest rung of all of India’s states. This statistic serves as a bleak reminder of the reality of selective abortion and foeticide.
Hiranmoy Dasgupta Foundation is working for women empowerment program. Foundation wants to bring lot of changes in the society for rural and under served women population and continuing their effort to reach the goal. Through its women empowerment programs, the HMDG foundation aims to drive economic empowerment for women by ensuring that they work in a safe, secure and positive environment not only inside the workplace, but also their homes. The HMDG foundation helps Palwal and surrounded village to achieve equality in infant and child sex ratios.

India is a rising star of the world economy. However, its prosperity is not equally shared by all of its citizens. India reports one of the lowest Female Labor Force Participation (Hereinafter ‘FLFP)’ rates amongst emerging and developing economies. India’s FLFP rate, 22.5% at the national level is well below the global average of around 50% and East Asia’s average of around 63%. Sad to say that over the last decade, women’s participation in India’s workforce has actually declined, and women-owned businesses account for just 20% of registered businesses in the country.

The HMDG Foundation female-focused career placement program at Palwal and its surrounding village of Haryana State will empower women by providing them the knowledge and skills to establish an independent source of income. The Livelihood-Generating Training Program (LGTP) will offer alternative income-generating training such as training on Handicraft, Art,Knitting and Stitching. Our trainers are working tirelessly to provide training to our women at Palwal .

Our Gender Equality Advocacy program aims at creating a platform that raises awareness about inequality, injustice and violence faced by women as a part of their everyday lives. Eliminating gender injustice in society is a core pillar of our mission and is a goal that is as relevant at Palwal and its surrounding village of Haryana State today as it has ever been.
As of December 2014, 26% of all convictions resulting from cases relating to the contravention of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, Regulation and Prevention of Misuse (PCPNDT), 1994 in India, 26% were reported in Haryana. This is an indicator of a wider malice afflicting Haryana society, made evident by the lowest child sex ratio in the country, at 834 girls to 1,000 boys and an overall sex ratio of 879 females to 1,000 males. From 2005 to 2015, as per the National Family Health Survey, Round 4, spouse violence in Haryana has increased from 27.3% to 32% among women who have ever been married.
The HMDG Foundation’s Gender Equality Advocacy program works not only to create a platform that raises awareness against gender injustice but also connects women to existing resources such as our legal attorney team to assist them and to help them to learn about their rights which eventually helps these women to transform their lives.

Across the communities of Palwal and its surrounded villages, the stark reality is that young girls are facing barriers in accessing education, gaining exposure to gender-based violence and malignant cultural practices, and their reality of carrying the burden of unpaid labour and care work. These situations bring to light a simple fact: girls are systematically subjected to major civil rights violations. This gender discrimination, which the girls face in childhood, often becomes more pronounced as they near adulthood. The challenges women have to face in their daily lives makes for a difficult present and a precarious future, inevitably posing a threat to their empowerment. Research consistently shows that empowering girls and women to make informed decisions and to play a leadership role, this will, lead to change over time that reverberates far beyond the individual.
Our leadership program focuses on inspiring confidence in women by improving their communication and interpersonal skills and enhancing their self-awareness. Participants are encouraged to challenge socio-cultural norms and gender stereotypes at the community level and be an agent of change within their own community and the society at large.
Our volunteers, who are highly regarded members of the communities themselves, serve as positive role models, providing participants with a capable and supportive mentor to help navigate daily challenges and inspire a vision of what is possible. In turn, the women themselves serve as positive role models for their communities. They learn to raise their voices and gain the courage to take risks, leading the change we hope to see.