Gender in Development

The women empowerment programmes were initiated right from the beginning of the organization. During the course of time Shreyas gave due importance for gender in development, where both women and men are considered as important actors in the development of the society.

At present gender sensitization programmes are being initiated at different levels through gender resource teams. Moreover gender is considered as a cross cutting these in all our interventions.A family centered approach is visualised for the effective implementation of the planned activities.



Objectives

  1. To organize, strengthen and federate the women organizations

  2. To incorporate gender sensitivity among the partner families and in the society.

  3. To motivate the women organizations and self help groups to ensure their creative participation in the local self governance and development.

  4. To re-orient them to their triple role viz reproductive, productive and community management work.

  5. To create a healthy environment in the family

  6. To inculcate human values and thereby create a society based on justice

With these Objectives in mind, and realizing the need of the time, Shreyas gives due importance in adopting suitable and scientific development approaches to uplift the standard of rural women, which ultimately leads to the creation of a better society.During these years the department mainly focused on the "gender sensitivity" programme through systematically arranged seminars, workshops, couples training and interface.Consequently the development actors with a clear vision have owned up the issue and present the process on progress at the grass root levels.


Main Activities

  • Capacity Building Programmes

  • Promotion of entrepreneurship development

  • Promotion of collective and issue based action process

  • Informal education programmes

  • Ensuring creative participation of women in local self governance

  • Enhancing linkages with PRIs and other development agencies

  • Provide legal awareness on women issues

  • Family Counseling

 

Intervention Strategies

  • Developing, monitoring tools and methods

  • Conducting Researches and case studies

  • Organizing seminars, workshops and Couples trainings

  • Providing counseling and legal support

The women empowerment programmes conducted by Shreyas always had far reaching effects in the lives of women folk and thier families.As a result we could ensure creative participation of women in the local development activities including effective role in PRIs.Shreyas has developed a Gender Policy which is ensured in our interventions. Acceptence of women's role in the partner families, especially in the planning and decession making process are more and more evident. A qualitative change in the families is the outcome of our Gender development interventions.